Driving Hangover

I've had people ask me "what is it you do when you're in Shreveport with Andrew?" I usually reply that I do essentially the same things I do at home. Write. Blog a little. Read. When he gets off work, we usually take a nap. Sometimes we go to the gym, but it's usually the weekend so sometimes we just skip it and nap longer. But since he has to get up at 6 am after we drive 6.5 hours in the middle of the night, he's usually a bit, shall we say, tired.

Today I feel a bit like I'm recovering from a really bad hangover. Groggy. Fuzzy-headed. I woke up with burning eyes and a teeny headache. I'm not getting sick; it's just the driving. I do most of it cause he usually has worked all day. It's often not too bad but last night was the first time we've driven up here since it started getting darker earlier. It was pitch dark about an two hours after we got on the road. Taking the back roads means a lot of stretches of road where there's nothing to either side but darkness to either edge of the headlights. You have to squint and wiggle back and forth a bit to avoid that paralysis of glaring at the yellow road stripes going past flashing and mesmerizing. And the squint when you pass a car going the other way that has its bright lights on and doesn't dim them quick enough.

The cat came with again, and she's actually getting to be quite the old hand at car riding. She got cranky and perched in the back window for a while, but it seemed to make her happier than sitting on a lap.

So today the agenda is maybe another latte. (I've had one already while reading email and three days of Get Fuzzy. How did I miss so many days of Get Fuzzy?!) Then groceries-- we have a room with a kitchen, so instead of eating at a restaurant, we'll cook something. Then back to the room, where I will wait for Andrew while trying to grok on my next section of Chapter Three. That might involve reading Practical Magic yet again. (I'm already about halfway through it for the millionth time, but you have to read it over & over). It's kind of like learning a foreign language-- you have to immerse yourself. Then a nap with Andrew, who will definitely need it. Then dinner & maybe a movie rental, but probably just a few episodes of the Sorpranos, which we are borrowing on DVD.

So that's what I do when I come up here. Recover from the road trip. Bleah! I chatted this morning with a nice woman who is finishing up her Master's Thesis in some physics subject matter which would make my eyes cross if I tried to hard to understand....but she's almost done, but stressing. I make reassuring sounds. I wish I were still writing my thesis. If I were, I'd be done... that was only 160something pages and I've already written over that much. Sigh. Ah well.

So on with it. To read the blogs of others and then to leave the coffee shop. I found it funny that today as I logged in my cute little redhead in coffee shop graphic was up. And she's got her "sexy librarian glasses" on-- which I, unknowingly of the serendipity to blog reference, wore today cause of the eye strain-o-vision from last night. I am wearing different colors, thank Goddess, so it's not too creepy.

I hope you all have a good weekend... I'll blog a bit tomorrow too, and we leave Monday, so I'll maybe do some writing then. Monday might be iffy cause of the "checking out of the hotel" issues... we'll see.