I'm on strike.

I've spent the last few days driving back and forth from Charleston, and it's been a major pain in my ass.  And guess what?  We get to do it again, when our roommate flies back in from SoCal.  Hooray.  (You will note the lack of exclamation point, indicating that my 'hooray' is somewhat sarcastic.  Somewhat.)

Way back when we lived in the land of 4-lane highways, we used to joke and laugh about how people "back east" didn't want to drive 2+ hours to get anywhere, and OH!  Wasn't that funny?  Haha, we used to say, they think that's a long way to drive!  Little do they know!

Little do they know MY ASS.

You see, when you're driving 2+ hours on a straight stretch of road, it's no big deal.  HOWEVER.  There are no straight stretches of road out here.  None.  Not a single one.  Oh, I take that back.  The parking lot of Rite Aid is pretty straight, for about 40 feet.  THAT'S.  IT.

So, there are very, very, very windy roads with which to contend, as well as actual real WEATHER, like snow flurries and rain, and, to make it interesting, deer like to jump out in the road.  Also, puppies like to manifest themselves while you're shooting out from around a bend at 55 MPH.  And, speaking of miles per hour (that's what MPH stands for, in case you didn't know) the MAXIMUM speed that you will EVER be allowed to go, ever, EVER, in this state, is 55.  If you're freakin' lucky.  If you're say, going through the middle of some podunk town, they don't want you to go too fast and accidentally hit one of the ZERO pedestrians you won't ever see traipising through the streets, so they drop it to 30 MPH.  No.  Fucking.  Lie.

So, a 2+ hour drive turns into a torturous affair.  And I completely understand why those backwoods hicks don't want to go anywhere, ever.  And the next time someone tells me, "Oh, well, Charleston isn't that far, it's only a little over 2 hours' drive,"  I'm going to bite them.  Hard.  On their jugular. 

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[beautiful mess]

i feel ya, sister. i live close to an interstate, so if i need to go to any major city, it's not a problem. but to go anywhere else (like to work, or to target, or to the movies) you've got to take a windy, two-lane highway. and, nine times out of ten, you'll end up behind a school bus or a semi, with no chance of passing for twenty miles or so.

sucks, doesn't it?