The trip is worth every mile

I am back...from about 8 hours in the truck today...plus 2 hours on the back of my horse. It was a long, lonely drive. The weather was dark, wet, and gloomy...traffic was horrendous all day. What does one think about when you make the same long 4 hour trip week after week? Here's my thinking list from today's drive:

Things I thunk about while driving today!!!

1. I imagined my perfect ride on Taylor, from entering the gates at Congress until accepting my championship trophy (hey, thoughts can be impossible dreams too!)
2. What should I have for supper since it's Good Friday, am fasting (3 meals with no snacks), and cannot eat meat? I decided upon spaghetti with the plain tomato sauce...yum!
3. Does my truck still look cool even with the hole in the front of it?
4. I wonder if everyone on the road today is heading to and from work, or going home for the holidays? I wish I could go home, this is the first Easter spent away from my parents and sisters. I won't get to do the put-n-take eggs!!! I hope Dad makes the traditional Ugly Egg (the last egg dipped in every single color to make it an ugly puce brown color)
5. I wonder how Taylor will be at our first show of the year in a few weeks?
6. I think I will work on writing music for the 6th grade spring concert while travelling on the bus to Florida Monday. I wonder how long my laptop computer battery will last on the trip.
7. I wish Kevin would be home when I get home today. I wonder if I have enough energy to stop by the station and surprise him? I'd better not, surprise visits are always a pain in the butt.
8. Akron, Ohio has the WORST pothole-ridden highways I have ever driven on. It's almost worth taking some side roads to avoid them. I am feeling a little carsick from all the bumping. But how can I be carsick if I am driving a truck? There's no such thing as trucksick, so I must be OK.
9. You know, these long hours driving to and from the trainers is all going to be worth it when I have great rides at the shows this spring. It's going to be a good year, I can feel it.
10. I need a new hairstyle. This one's boring and messy.
11. Ugh I need a SHOWER! I can taste arena dirt in my teeth.
12. I wonder if Taylor misses me? I won't see her until the show on April 16. I hope we do well. I hope she doesn't spook.
13. I wish I could sleep in tomorrow, but alas I must get up at the crack of dawn again to drive to Dayton for a rehearsal for my Easter Gig. Yuck on the early morning, but the $200 I am getting paid to play 5 songs will be handy in a few weeks.