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The good, the bad, and the cost of gas
August 15, 2006 | Category: Family, It's a Trip
So we left Chicago at 9 at night. The van practically carpeted in pilows and blankies. CD had his favorite driving snacks at hand (beef jerky, chex mix, mountain dew) and by 10PM Bear and I were asleep on our respective bench seats (seat-belted in like tootsie rolls).
When I awoke at 5 the next morning, the sun was a pink crease in the windshield. We were exiting the highway to the Buffalo (NY) airport. All too fast, CD had kissed us and said goodbye.
He called 3 hours later, already back home and headed into bed. We just can't afford for him to take any unpaid time off this year, so he's back at work.
Meanwhile, I pulled into my mother's driveway at 3PM. Adjusted for the time difference, we made the 1,000 miles in 17 hours flat. A new family record. So was the cost of gas this time - over $100 plus the $30 in tolls.
But ....as happy as we are to be here, it's just not the same. Without him.
God, I'm a sap.
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