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Landed Safely

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After a long, long, long Thurdsay of driving, I arrived safely at my new apartment in the wee hours of the night. The drive took much longer than I anticipated due to the following sequence of unfortunate events.

– You know how your GPS will sometimes tell you to get off X Highway only to get back on X Highway in a few minutes? Well, I thought I was smarter than my GPS and stayed on I-10 through New Orleans, adding an extra hour to my drive between the additional miles and rush hour traffic.

– I kept hearing little critter noises in my backseat and thought a critter in my car was impossible, until… I remembered that I left the car door wide open at my grandma’s house while I was loading the rest of my belongings. I immediately panicked at the thought of a squirrel touching my feet or jumping on my head while I was driving. I stopped at the nearest gas station an opened both backseat doors, unloaded all of my tetris-ed things, and shook the car hoping that whatever was making that noise exited stat! No critter, but it set me back another 30-ish minutes.

– Then it was time for the home stretch! I only had 80 miles left and if I went 80 mph, that meant I could arrive at my final destination in ONE hour! Well, I did not account for a Texas state trooper pulling me over in my plan. No ticket (phew! still have never been written a ticket!!) but he easily added 30 more minutes to my drive. Ugh.

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But then! I arrived at my new apartment and all of that seemed so unimportant. I made it! Safely! How could I hold on to an extra two-hour drive grudge when I have an entire weekend ahead of me to explore Austin as an Austinite?? No grudge, just smiles!

Comments

  1. Sarah says

    I’m thrilled to hear that you arrived safely. Take a nap break in between exploring your new city!

    PS – I can’t believe you’ve never gotten a ticket…what’s your trick? *wink wink

    • Kristin says

      I just checked nap off my list!! As far as last night goes, I think he saw how pathetic and exhausted I looked and let me go.

    • Kristin says

      Same!! Perhaps I wouldn’t have felt the need to speed and get pulled over if I had only listened to the GPS!

  3. Melissa says

    Welcome to Austin!! I can’t believe you avoided that ticket. Cops here are no joke – I received a speeding ticket the night before Thanksgiving, happy holidays to me :/

    The first time I drove from Florida to Texas we took the scenic route through New Orleans … never again! The second time I took the correct route – lesson learned.

  4. Grace says

    Congrats on getting there no matter how long it took. I couldn’t help but giggle at your critter story because my roommate freaked out about a cockroach in her car and did something similar his week!

    • Kristin says

      I called my family while this was happening and they were laughing at me like I was a crazy person! But, if you have or know someone who has had something gross in the car before, you know the terror that comes with it!