Taking things for granted

Picture taken from my car window, my view for the past 10 hours or so...encluding the bugs that hit my windshield.


You know when you have a lot of something, you tend to take it for granted. You tend to not appreciate it as much as say, someone without it. I have taken the company of family and friend for granted. I do not always see the people I love face to face, but there is a comfort in knowing if I wanted to see them it would only take a few minutes. Now it would take days.

I already miss people. Well I think I am very tired too. I knew it would be hard driving across the US, but I didn't know it would be as hard as it is. Its just that this area is big and open. Every time I get to the top of a hill or a bend in the road, I get excited to see what is next, but then I see, it's just another 50 miles of openness leading to another bend in the road or top of the hill. Today I thought I kept passing the same truck, until I realized it was just from the same company. It seems every tenth car I pass is a Honda CRV, or and elderly couple in a big white car.

I don't think we should worry about over population of the world, just move the extra people to the eastern parts of Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. I have not seen the eastern parts of Nebraska, or Iowa or Illinois, and where ever else it is I am going yet. I shutter to think it those states too hold huge openness with repeating vehicles and people for me. OHHHH I wish I was already there!



Tonight I am going to bed early and am going to try to get a lot of sleep. I think that is what is wrong with me tiredness.

Things I saw today
-gates that can be closed across the interstate to stop traffic in bad weather.
-big walls build to break the wind from hitting us drivers on the road
-cool big hills made out of piles of big rocks
-truck drivers pulling trailers swerving all over the road because of the wind
in Wyoming the slow lane on I80 is red for miles...for some reason and the fast lane is not
-some truck driver hauling molton sulfur (sounds scary I wonder what that is)
-OH I almost forgot! 3 people riding motor cycles WITHOUT helmets. I thought it was a federal law. Maybe not...or maybe there is some kind of million trillion dollar insurance policy you can buy that allows you to ride without a helmet. I don't know I am tired.

Things I learned
I don't like how cement highways sound in my car, or how they feel
to trust my instinct
family and friends are important

How I feel
tired
sad
excited
tired
miss Neil and Travis a lot
cold
tired