Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Traveling Man

DNasty has been on my mind the past two days as he packs up his life and relocates way south. It is bittersweet. I am happy that I got to see him and Mrs DNasty on Saturday/Sunday, sad because I hate goodbyes. The Mr. and Mrs. are a great couple, DNasty is a good dude. I did not see them a lot, but practically everytime I was in Michigan. I don't get to Florida.

Anyway, I was remembering the times that I drove cross country and the junk that floated through my head. I have always had a fascination with numbers, miles, times and would always calculate how much time my speeding would save me. It would go something like this - I am exceeding the speed limit by 10 miles an hour. If I do this for the next 6 hours, this will knock off a whole hour from the trip. Sweet! The only problem with this line of thinking is that it would give a false impression that this task might finish sooner. This is a false hope. No matter how fast you go, it takes a long, long time to drive across country. Now that I have a GPS, it takes some of the guesswork out and gets rid of the mental gymnastics calculating arrival time that I used to do in my head to pass the time while driving through Oklahoma (sorry GCox) or some other relatively flat state.

I wish DNasty all the best in his life change and I am looking forward to the first post from Florida announcing his safe arrival. Godspeed D.

2 comments:

Jordan said...

Hey Steeler. Shoot me your email today, if you get a chance. I want to make a list of emails for the Heads Up Challengers, so that I can share everyone's AIM info. Email me at brodybanky (at) aol (dot) com.

TripJax said...

Me thinks D will have to change the color of his blog once in Florida. Black just isn't a Florida kind of color. Maybe maroon or pink would be more fitting...

I hope he's doing well. I hate moving.