Have Fancy Car, Will Travel

Rob likes to let the world know where he’s going by way of neatly labeled tee shirts.

It was an epic journey to Milwaukee.  Rob and I DROVE THERE like insane people. It’s a two hour, $78 zip-over flight with the wonderful “free hot chocolate chip cookies on every plane because we’re from the Midwest and that’s how we roll” Midwest Airlines, but we went with the 15 hour car ride (and, sadly, no free hot chocolate chip cookies).

Chevy gave us a 2010 Equinox for a week, and since we rarely drive around Brooklyn when it’s so much easier to jump on the the subway or walk, we decided to take a road trip so that we could enjoy having the fancy car with built in do-dads like XM, in-dash navigation, and video screens in the backseats. It even has a camera on the bottom of the car in the back so when you go in reverse, you can see the ground in the video screen on the dashboard and can’t accidentally run over a dog or your bike, or a little kid. It’s pretty awesome feature but, after using it for a week, my ability to parallel park without it has diminished significantly.

It came fresh off the lot with a new car smell. Chevy didn’t give us a mileage limit, and Rob and I are punks so we thought “How far can we get and be back in a week”? It took us all of three seconds to decide where to go.

Rob’s mom said, “What the heck is in Milwaukee?!” which is actually the sentiment a lot of people had, but it was a no-brainer for us. Jake and Tracy are in Milwaukee. Duh.

This photo makes my heart go gooey with love and bunny feelings.

It was the best kind of vacation for me, half vacation-y things (Jake set up a sailing tour for us, we toured museums and the Jelly Belly warehose, and we played mini golf) and half just hanging out in Tracy’s house, living life with her (drinking in her bars with her friends, sitting around her office on our laptops).

I also got to meet Tracy’s girlfriend, finally! It’s nerve-wracking for me to meet a friend’s significant other, because what if they’re some awful jerk-face? Then what? Pretend they’re so wonderful or go, “Girl! What are you thinking!” and risk alienating your friend? Does anyone else get this worried about it, or is it just me? I was spared such drama however; they are wonderfully, delightfully perfect for each other, and I liked her very much. Good job, Tracy!

We’re on a boat, motherfucker!

It will likely be our last road trip that long. Rob and I had a good time together in the car, and I am so glad to be married someone that doesn’t annoy me after being cooped up, just the two of us, for 30 hours, but it was so draining, and I can’t sleep well on the road which makes me cranky. (And you won’t like me when I’m cranky.) It took me a full day to recover.

I skipped Weight Watchers this week. I was too tired and REALLY didn’t want to see the scale anyway – Milwaukee has a lot of good beer, and I tried all of it. Twice.

Cheers!