10 Things I learned enroute to /back from the We Blog Conference....

When you have a NINE hour drive you learn ALOT of things....

1. TAKE the satellite radio AWAY from hubby and WITH you....  PERIOD.                 Evanescence and Steve Azar (don't ask people, those were the 2 cds I pulled from my truck when loading up hubby's "gets better gas mileage" car, ok?) can only get you so far on repeat. Have you any idea HOW bad. Sunday morning radio can be in the South? I mean, you listen to one gospel lesson, ok, but 14? uh uh !   If you are techno inclined then make sure to load up FIVE hours of songs on the Ipod/mp3 player. Cause after a round of 2 hours of songs for the 3rd time, rule #10 WILL happen!   Thus, TAKE the satellite radio.                                 
2. With respect to our Virginitan attendees (who are NOT included in this comment)= why are Virginia  drivers in SUCH a hurry to get home? I will gladly move OUT of your way, but please allow me to  DO SO without taking my back bumper with you back to Virginia....
3. Why is it that when you are by yourself you can make a pit stop in 5 minutes flat, with bathroom break and buying gas, but when there is another person with you its a 14-20 minute break?
4. Break down your trip to 1/4ths. The feeling of accomplishment of finishing a fourth is tantamount to requiring a pit stop, thus only adding 20-30 min to your travel time. AHA....
5. Why does it seems like there is ONLY  road construction when you travel ONCE a year in a certain area??? Do they wait for the sign from God that you will be coming thru in 2 weeks to decide to start that project that's been on hold for 2 YEARS???
6. Is somebody in Tennessee tells you something is a couple/4-6 miles down the road. TRIPLE the actual mileage. Quote"we're not good with actual miles up here"....okey dokey then....
7. Where you would like to stop to take a break and look at something for 10 minutes or so will be 15-20 miles AFTER you can no longer hold it and need to make an emergency pit stop, making you not want to make the pre-wished upon stop.....
8. Why is it fast food always tastes better when you are on a 9 hour drive? You know you eat at McD's all the time at home, and it's ok. After 4 hours on the road, it tastes divine...
9. The trip there will seem to take NO time at all. The trip back will drag like time STOOD still, even if you gained an hour back on the return trip....
10. After 5-6 hours in a car by yourself, you WILL start talking to yourself and other drivers (who of course can't hear you, as your windows are up). This is NORMAL. Especially on a Sunday morning (see #1). If you seem to be answering in a different voice, ok, you need professional help. If you are just answering yourself in your OWN voice, don't panic, just remember to bring the SATELLITE radio next time, so you can argue with the talk radio people instead....

PS- if I hear "need You Now" by Lady Antebellum ONE more time I will scream- 5 times in ONE hour,THREE stations....AARRGGHH- I USED to like that song!!