Anything But Gray

Jaime woke up fine and so she went to school and is going on her field trip.
Now I will just spend the day worrying that she makes it there and back ok. It's not like Alaska where the field trips were two friggin' minutes away, no matter where they went….this place she's going is an hour away and some of the trip is on the highway…ugh!! It just makes me nervous and anxious. I seriously have highway anxiety now. It's crazy. If I'm driving, I'm fine…if anyone else is? Forget it, I'm a wreck. Friday night when we went to the premiere with Dave and Wanda we had to get on the highway for some of it. Not only was it the highway but it was up on an elevated on ramp and section of highway….. And not only were we high up, we were in a huge SUV thing….an Escalade. Those things  way too tall. So I, of course, get visions of tipping over the side of this elevated on ramp. <rolling eyes> I'm not kidding….that is seriously what was going through my head….so I took a valium. And not for fun, I seriously needed it. I honestly felt a panic attack coming…..So there ya go…that is part of the lasting effects of living in Alaska. I am now terrified of the highway and need drugs to cope. I couldn't wait to live "down south" so that we could drive anywhere we wanted…so that we had that freedom and now I'm afraid of it. Nice, huh?? Only me, I swear…

So anyway…I'm a little anxious about Jaime being on a bus on the highway without me. I know she'll be fine, but it just scares me a little and I will be happy when she is home safe and sound.

On another note, I saw this on Twitter today…..I can't say who twittered it because you will all laugh at me that I am saying so casually…."oh yeah, <insert famous person here> twittered about this and I thought it was cool so I wanted to put it on my blog"….this whole famous people twittering is really bizarre sometimes….but I do want to share it so here it is….One Word. 

Neat, huh?
I love it!!!

I so get stuck in ruts with my writing. Writing is such a mood thing and I really need it to not be. I need to put myself in the mood more, rather than wait for the mood to strike.

Maybe this will help? Start my day off with some free writing…..
we'll see! Regardless, it's a neat idea and I wanted to share…

Have a great day!