i have been spending a lot of time in my car recently and when i am driving i tend to do a little reflecting. i do the majority of my sussing out and my pondering while i am driving. especially if i have my cruise control on and there is little traffic. tonight was one of those nights. 77 S was practically empty and i decided to follow my instincts and exit the highway up by bennigans on the hill in montrose (because that is how i measure my life: in restaurants). anyway i exited there because sometimes i just can't drive highway any more and i like to cut straight through town. i'm glad i did because streets of akron were empty. it felt deserted. and just as i was beginning to notice the absence of traffic, "american beauty" the title song from the movie american beauty began to play. (it is the dancing bag theme btw) it just struck me as the perfect music for this moment. i was driving and the streets were wet so everything was doubled and there was no sign of human life besides the stores and streetlights and stuff. so i am driving and i am listening to the song, which i put on repeat, and i am just struck by how perfect the moment is. this is just another one of those times when i am convinced that i am the hero of my own movie. i love the feeling of being completely content and "where i am" at that moment. i wasn't thinking ahead, i wasn't looking behind, i just was thinking about me. now. and then the craziest thing happened, to top it off and i know that nobody is going to believe me but i got completely home from the highway with out stopping once. no joke. i have the best luck with traffic lights anyway but this is the farthest i have made it with out stopping. the farthest before was from mandy's house home but this time i made it all the way from the exit at montrose to my driveway without stopping my car. so the music and the absent traffic and the wet streets and the perfect temp with the windows down and never having to stop made me appreciate my life. it is the little things that make me happy.
8 comments:
you do have the best traffic light luck. i've been witness.
and ten vocab points for sussed out. jamie could be proud.
it is always good to hear about a content and happy jood.
i miss you! we need to catch up on like 474636 things. i have things i am dying to ask you about!
OMG, i just realized you have my quote on your site! good times. every now and then i have a piffy word or two to say.
Hi Joody! Kisses.
You are the Hoover Upright of blogging.
why the fuck has their not been a recent post? i need to know what is going on in the life of the jood. right now.
JORDAN!
for the love of allt hat is good and hold, jordan has posted a blog!hooray!
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