untimely insomnia

Not that there is ever a really good time for insomnia but the night between two long days of driving is probably one of the worst times I could ever think of.  I'm sitting in my hotel room in Berea, KY and I can't decide if it's nerves or excitement or both.  So in hopes of quieting my thoughts I've decided to begin my blog about this summer a touch early.  Mostly this blog will be used as a way to remember everything I do daily in my internship and research, however, it will also serve as the perfect way for my family to keep tabs on what's happening while I'm over 1000 miles away.

My trip really started May, 13 when I drove to my grandparents.  I had at first hadn't planned on stopping for the night (sorry G&G) but then one of my best friends pointed out that I would beginning my trip on Friday the 13th and I decided that cutting an hour off of the trip and spending the night at 2405 with two of my favorite people ever couldn't be a bad idea.  Today's drive went fairly smoothly.  I drove through two and a half states in just under nine hours.  I have been listening to a book on CD that my mom got me.  It's about the true story of Romeo and Juliet and is absolutely fabulous.  the story is set in Sienna Italy and it's making the hours fly by.  All in all it was a good day of driving if you don't count the vision crippling rain that decided to show up about half way through.  As my family knows, I am absolutely terrified of driving in the rain.  It all stems from the fact that I got into a bad accident in an awful rain storm but you'd think that 3 years later I'd have gotten over it.  Luckily, the rain cleared up and I made it safely to Kentucky and my hotel for the night.  The hotel is just off of the interstate which makes getting to and from it really easy but it also means that I'm pretty much in the middle of nowhere.

Tomorrow I'll be getting on the road bright and early.  I have the rest of Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina to drive through tomorrow which adds up to about 6.5 hours of driving ahead of me and I have to get to Columbia in time to tie up any loose ends with my sublease and get moved in.  I'm really happy that I planned on a shorter day of driving for the second day.  It's going to be nice to get to the six hour mark and be close rather than two and a half hours away.  Just thinking about driving all day and then unpacking tomorrow is a little disheartening but at least I'll have Romeo and Julietta to keep me company the rest of the way.  Thinking about the drive is also making me think it may be time to try and fall asleep again.

Wish me luck driving through the Appalachian's tomorrow!
Kaeli