I know that somehow I'll be blamed for this too

This is a post about family drama. Some of it may apply to you, and if it does, by all means take it personally; keep in mind, though, that I'm doing this mainly to clear my mind. After all this time, I have no expectation that this post will actually help the situation, and in fact I expect it to make things worse, at least in the short term. Still, I have to do what I can to keep my own head screwed on straight. The road is long, and making the run home under the constant greyness is draining a lot of the fun out of it.
( So, on with the drama. )

So, the hell with it. I'm going to do a short travel post, eat my yogurt, watch another episode of Ai Yori Aoshi, and go to bed.

I know that somehow I'll be blamed for this too

This is a post about family drama. Some of it may apply to you, and if it does, by all means take it personally; keep in mind, though, that I'm doing this mainly to clear my mind. After all this time, I have no expectation that this post will actually help the situation, and in fact I expect it to make things worse, at least in the short term. Still, I have to do what I can to keep my own head screwed on straight. The road is long, and making the run home under the constant greyness is draining a lot of the fun out of it.
( So, on with the drama. )

So, the hell with it. I'm going to do a short travel post, eat my yogurt, watch another episode of Ai Yori Aoshi, and go to bed.

distances on the map are definitely larger than they seem

Jesus. I must have been insane to think I could have made it to Bloomington IL last night even without the rain & lightning. It took me about seven hours of driving (including a stop for food & oil change and another for fuel) to get there today, and another three hours after that to reach my hotel in northeast Indianapolis. Granted, I probably could have saved myself some of that by not going through the north side of Indianapolis near the Speedway and getting thoroughly lost on the east side, but still...ten hours on the road. I'm too old for this.
( Wretched details )

distances on the map are definitely larger than they seem

Jesus. I must have been insane to think I could have made it to Bloomington IL last night even without the rain & lightning. It took me about seven hours of driving (including a stop for food & oil change and another for fuel) to get there today, and another three hours after that to reach my hotel in northeast Indianapolis. Granted, I probably could have saved myself some of that by not going through the north side of Indianapolis near the Speedway and getting thoroughly lost on the east side, but still...ten hours on the road. I'm too old for this.
( Wretched details )