Damn can that guy sing.
Journey has become such a buzzword. Dude, it's all in the journey. It's been a journey. It's all about the journey. Dude, don't worry about the destination- the journey is the destination. Whoa- now that's deep. All of us know what's being described- I just think it's become an overused word. It's like awesome, or like, or dude (although- clearly I don't have any real beef with those particular words). I think the hard part is- there's not really a lot of other options. What other word can be used to describe "the journey". I guess "process" works. It's not as over-used; it's just sort of clinical. I like the word adventure, but it doesn't really describe the same thing. What the hell am I even talking about?
I'm sitting here on a hot Atlanta early evening thinking about what a journey and process this life can really be. So many things have to come together in such an intricate and delicate way in order for anything to happen in this life. The most basic and obvious example is the complex miracle of conception. Holy poop that's an amazing process when you really think about it (it's a "journey" too- sorry if that was gross). And then, for all of the cellular divisions, growth in the womb, through birth- wow. Maybe this is all coming up because I am nannying for a one year-old and living with a woman, studying to be a midwife (actually I think it has more to do with the fact that I am sleep deprived and only able to remain vertical because of the wonderful bean we call coffee)- but regardless of reason- life is one amazing journey.
My life as a manny has afforded me a lot of time to think about how to most economically move myself across the country. I have thought about the PODS that seem so convenient and relatively inexpensive (the things the ship to you empty, you pack them up, and they ship them to your front door). I have thought about the good ole moving companies that drive your crap from one place to the next (these places were waaay more expensive than I imagined they'd be). And after pretty much finding nothing that worked with my budget, I checked in with the folks at Uhaul. To my great surprise, they were significantly cheaper (which I'm sure has to do with the fact that I have so little to actually move that I don't really even come close to the minimum weights for most moving companies).
When planning this move initially, I thought I'd buy a car in Moscow and then drive out with my few earthly possessions on an epic, romantic road trip into the setting sun- destination Knoxville, Tennessee. Turns out that buying a car isn't quite like buying coffee for the week. So I had pretty much given up on the idea of a road trip. But when I saw that I could rent one of those great little orange vans ( presumably with some hilarious picture of a theme park in Florida on one side and a Manta Ray on the other) in Moscow, ID and drop it off in Knoxville, TN- within a nine-day window- I was all like: "awesome dude" (and I fist pumped- seriously, who am I to be giving the word journey a hard time?). But you know when you inexplicably happen upon a solution to something you were certain would prove unsolvable? And you know how sometimes it comes right after you've given up hope? Ok so I'm a drama queen- but I was really excited that my dream to do a cross country drive was not only alive, but realizable. So there.
Anyhow-I also happen to really like the pace and process of making such a long and significant move in a more gradual and adventurous manner. For travel and vacation- air travel just makes sense. For a big move and transition, I think a mode of transport that allows for some level of processing (i am literally eating my words). Plus, this means that I can stop in on friends and family along the way. My general outline vision is to stop in Montana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa, before heading off to Tennessee. So if you're one of the people crazy and patient enough to ready this rubbish- know that I will be contacting you soon. If you aren't, don't worry, you are probably better off not reading this- and I will be contacting you soon.
I haven't been on a multi-day road trip since going to my Minnesota friends' Matt and Kirstens' wedding 4 years ago. And I have never done a road trip solo. I really like the thought of having the days to take in the scenery, listen to music, stop for running/skinny dip breaks- and then staying with friends at night. Should be a nice balance of solitude and shared time with good people. It'll be a journey.
So what the hell was my point? I really don't know. I guess I just wanted to let you all know of my moving plans. Take some time to make my obviously pointless perspective on the word "journey" be known. Mostly I just like knowing that I have a captive audience. Man do I feel sorry for those undergrads who end up in my Psych 101 class next Spring.
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