There's something incredibly...grounding, about packing up everything you own into your car as you prepare to move across the entire country. At the same time, it's also very surreal. I say grounding because seeing everything that you own in one 100 cubic foot space makes you think, "this is it...this is everything. this is me (right now)." I found myself thinking that if i was to get in a car accident or spontaneously combust, there'd be no physical evidence that I ever even existed. Is that true? who knows. It's what I started off thinking this morning.
Then I started thinking about money. If I evaporated right now, what about all the money I have? What about all the bills I have. I'm not thinking about these things specifically...more in a general sense. That's something I own that's not in the car. These thoughts didn't last long.
I found myself thinking about all the intangible things in my life. Friends, family, enemies...relationships in general. That's who I am more so than all of the things in my car. It's cliche but the lives I've touched mean more to me than anything in my car. It's just funny that all my possessions are really what are right there, physically with me, and the people are not. But they are. I know they are. They know they are. They're all very supportive and have wished me luck (or not). I'm not dying. Life goes on. "Life, uh...life will find a way." Everything will still be here and, furthermore, there with me the entire time.
But enough esoteric babble. That's not what's important (or is it?).
I started this blog because people seem to want to know what goes on with me. I'm interesting I guess (who knew). Over time, there'll be pictures and perhaps videos of my journey to and life in Denver, CO. If not here, you can check out my google+ page. Sorry...I'm still not getting a facebook. If you're curious about something, just ask. I'm pretty much an open book.
So here's the itinerary for the next couple days.
Today (Wednesday 6/26):
Work for 5 more hours
Drive to Cape Cod to see grandparents before i go
Sleep
Tomorrow (Thursday 6/27)
Pick up Brian so he can drive out with me
Go to Grand Prix NY with Cat & Brian for one last day of northeast fun
Friday 6/28
Start driving west. The goal is to get to Columbus, OH.
Saturday 6/29
Louisville, KY to see my cousin and his baby daughter who I've never met
O'Fallon, IL to see my uncle who I rarely see.
Sunday 6/30
Get to somewhere in Kansas
Monday 7/1:
Denver, CO.
Future:
Live.
Till next time,
j
