My mom, Bandit and I set out in the early morning in my little car to drive across the country. We had a borrowed GPS (took us 45 minutes to figure out how to turn it on) and a brand new video camera that we intended to use for our "vlog" (video blog)...except that we could barely figure out how to record, let alone download the videos and upload them to a blog. Back then, we blogged old-school (in writing), but just today I ran across the videos we took.
Hilarious. At least, I think they are. The rest of you, dear readers...well, don't judge us too harshly. We were in a car for 12-14 hours a day for 4 days with nothing to amuse us but our own somewhat ridiculous sense of humor.
Pulling out of the driveway: that is my brother you hear in the background saying "this is already funny, they can't even get out of the driveway. (Hey Ben, you're on video, I CAN HEAR YOU! I'm gonna freeze all your underwear at Christmas, FYI. )
This one is of us turning left...seriously... we had been in the car for two full days by then. You'll also notice we're really mastering the "time zone" system. And seriously, who is really hoping to "end up in Lincoln, Nebraska?"
Here we are in Chicago. At a toll booth. Actually, we had a valid reason for videoing this part because, as you'll hear, it was my mom's first time at a toll booth (we don't have toll roads in Oregon).
The moment of truth...(sorry, it gets a little "Blair Witch Project" in this one - might want to take a Dramamine if you get motion sickness)
Needless to say, there are a lot of pictures of us at gas stations:
(Eastern Oregon - can't pump your own gas in Oregon)
because that's all we did. Drive, gas up, drive, eat, sleep, drive some more.
Now that I think about it, the move to Michigan was WAY easier.
Too funny! You and your mom crack me up.
ReplyDeleteLots of people ask me what the purpose of a blog is. They say "Lori, why on earth would other people want to know what I'm doing at any given moment?" Well, now I have my answer. I'll just direct them to this post and it will all be clear.
ReplyDeleteAmen Cousin Lori - I believe it is my cosmic responsibility to make people feel better about themselves, being a shrink is one way, as is publicly airing my own (not infrequent) idiocy. How many lawyers and psychologists does it take to understand time zones? Clearly more than one of each.
ReplyDelete(but watch out, now that I've figured out how to upload videos, y'all are going to be crying for a reprieve)
I am sitting here watching those videos, laughing, remembering, and feeling a little embarassed all at the same time.
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