Thursday, May 2, 2013

On the road again


I’m hitting the road at 6:00 a.m tomorrow, heading out with my 12 year old grandson to Missouri to see my parents.  They’ve had a rough couple of weeks, with Mama having bronchitis and Daddy ending up in the hospital with pneumonia.  They’re both ok now, but I want to go see them, so I took a floating holiday off from work and my grandson has Friday out of school for Cinco de Mayo.  If you’re not from a state that borders Mexico, that probably makes no sense to you. 

Anywho, we’ll leave early and drive for 8 – 10 hours (usually takes me 10).  We’ll grab some breakfast at the gas station while I tank up, then try to remember the shortcut through Dallas that cuts at least half an hour off the trip.  We’ll pop a book on cd into the player and then just zone.  The grandson is a great traveler but he’s 12 and a half  and I think the days are numbered.   The teenage attitudes creep through at random moments and that sweet boy won’t be this sweet for much longer.  I’ll take it while  I can.

So I’ll get the food bag packed, put my Mother’s Day gift in the car, throw in a couple changes of clothes and off we go!

~GG

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