The Ultimate Road Ride

 3:45 PM - Just got home from "free reading" at Barnes and Noble. [Free reading is when you're browsing the bookstore and start reading a book you find interesting but you never buy it. When you decide you're done reading you just put the book back and come back to read another day. Before today I've hated everyone who "free reads" but considering the funds are low, I've decided free reading is a great alternative to the library.] My train leaves in less than an hour and I haven't started packing yet. I freely throw stuff into a bag (Due to this instance, and others alike, I've deemed myself the best packer; packing 4 outfits, some books, and the essentials in less than 15 minutes.) I have to get a ride to the train station in the next 15 minutes. 

4:20 ish PM - I'm stuck in traffic and my train leaves in less than 15 minutes. I lied. Not stuck in traffic. Stuck behind this one couple who thinks driving 15 mph on the main road at this time of day is acceptable. I can tell my driver thinks otherwise by the string of "shit"s and "motherfucker"s leaving her mouth

4:32 PM - I arrive at the train station in the nick of time and hustle to the family seat to secure the most accessible outlet in the cart.

4:35 PM - Finished reading Lena Dunham's not that kind of girl (more on that later). The time frame makes this book seem like an quick read but I've actually been reading this book on and off since March

4:36 PM - continues reading Me Earl and the dying girl ( by this point it probably seems like I've packed a library for this trip) I've been come a little bit of a bookworm since discovering the ugly truth- I'm unemployable this summer.

5:24 PM - enter four young women- drunk. They sit right next to me, pounding incognito beer after incognito beer (soon the beer bottles lose their brown bags and are entirely exposed), getting louder after each one. I learn that the profession of one of the females involves "waxing assholes" and that "once you've seen one you've seen them all"

6:18 PM - I meet up with Sherona in grand central and we catch the shuttle to the bus terminal. We discuss the irrationality of our family members.

6:36 PM - off the shuttle we embark on the hottest walk of life, making our way to gate 64.

Maybe I should mention where I'm going. You're probably a little confused... I'll just keep going

7:17 PM - on the coach bus eating Chinese food with a fork 

7:19 PM - Sherona convinces me to switch to chopsticks 

7:20 and 34 seconds PM- I've mastered the art of eating with chopsticks

7:23 PM - the bus pulls off. My food seems unstable on the tray. I announce "if my food falls I'm just gonna leave it there and pretend like I'm sleeping" 

7:25 PM - my food falls. I realize that it's due to the lack of driving skill acquired by the bus driver. He drives with the "stop and go" style of a fifteen year old behind the wheel for the first time

7:38 PM - I'm cramped in my allotted space on the bus and the man in front of me feels the need to exacerbate this. He leans his seat back after I've already stated to him there is no room for this. And now with the tray digging into my knees I tell him off. He straightens up and falls back asleep. "People want the luxury of a plane ride for the price of the bus," Sherona concludes about most of those on the bus. 

10:54 PM - I get off the bus, sore as ever. Savagely searching for a bathroom considering I haven't used the bathroom since I woke up at 11:30

11:24 PM -Shevon picks us up from the bus station. Apparently she forgot to remove the junk in the back seat so I am cramped in the back. It feels like there are at least seven people cramped in this sedan

1:30 ish AM - after deciding it was way too hot in the house, we go to Walmart. They actually went to buy some stuff, but it was seriously way too hot in the house.

11:26 AM - Sherona, her dog, and I get in the truck and head back in the direction we came from.

11:27 AM - the dog scratches me, leaving a two and a half inch mark on my leg

11:38 AM - We pull over realizing that we have no clue how to adjust the mirrors on the truck

11:44 AM - We're back on the road, With our mirrors unadjusted. We just have to make due with what we have

2:24 PM - we pull over for some food. It takes me twenty minutes to get my food and Sherona another twenty, delaying our travels by 40 long minutes. 

5:20 PM - we reach our destination

7:43 PM - We squeeze two more people into the truck and drop it off

8:24 PM - We walk around the city looking for something to eat

7:02 AM - I go underground to catch the subway, I realize the express train was not running so I took the local one and end up missing my train back home.

8:54 AM - after walking several blocks, I board the train back to go back home. The train was packed so I sat next to these two guys. It was obvious that the one closest to me was trying to make the other guy like him. He kept trying to hold his interest talking about things I could tell he had no clue about. I enjoyed my chopped cheese 

9:07 AM - I continued reading me Earl and the dying girl. After a few stops I moved to a vacant seat and kept reading, eventually falling asleep

10:44 AM - I get off the train and get into my moms car, tell her about my trip as we make our way back home

In Short, helping Sherona move in looked like this.

Home -- NYC -- D.C. -- Virginia -- Delaware -- Brooklyn -- Manhattan -- Home
Driving through 5 different states and back in less than 48 hours.