My week included a lobbying trip to the capitol on Tuesday that started with myself, about 35 students and a few colleagues boarding a bus at 3:30 a.m. ... Old Man Winter hasn't let up on his grip ... And the distance separating Kates and I has started to rear its ugly head ...
I had planned to return to K-Town this weekend -- the first time in more than a month. The downside, however, was that this trip had to be a drive, not a flight ... I hadn't planned to leave until early Friday, but as I laid in bed Wednesday night I could only think about hitting the road when I finished work Thursday afternoon. I know the route well; if I was on the road around 5, I could be there by 2, I thought ...
Still trying to make a decision, I gathered some belongings and packed my bags before heading to the office Thursday morning ... But my mind was made up shortly after I arrived in the office yesterday morning and a couple key afternoon meetings were cleared from my schedule ...
I was on the road around 3:30. Navigated rush hour traffic in Des Moines around 6. Stopped for gas and a quick supper at Arby's around 7. Hit Illinois around 9, Wisconsin around 11 and our house around midnight ...
I had been running on adrenaline and my need to be with Kates and Phoebe all of Thursday.
But the extra umpf I needed came from the 135 songs that shuffled through my iPod during the drive ...
For your reading fun, I give you the soundtrack of my four-state road trip, from Bowling For Soup's "Almost" as I left my apartment parking lot in The 'Ville to Van Morrison's "Brown-Eyed Girl" as I pulled into my garage in K-Town ...
Almost (Bowling For Soup) / Lucky Love (Ace of Base) / Brand New Day (Sting) / Jennifer Eccles (The Hollies) / Pig (Dave Matthews Band) / Viva La Viva (Coldplay) / Follow You Down (Gin Blossoms) / No Matter What (Badfinger) / Cheap Guitar (Richard Julian) / Lay A Little Lovin’ On Me (Robin McNamara) / Mr. Lee (The Bobbettes) / Make Me Smile (Chicago) / Braided Hair (Speech) / Red, Red Wine (UB40) / Get Back [The Love Album] (The Beatles) / Bruised (The Bens) / My Maria (Brooks & Dunn) / Superman (Lazlo Bane) / Hound Dog (Elvis Presley) / Laughing (The Guess Who) / I’m Gonna Make You Love Me (The Jayhawks) / Girl, You Shout! (Dressy Bessy) / Black And White (Three Dog Night) / Billie Jean (Michael Jackson) / Apologize (OneRepublic) / Dialogue Part I & II (Chicago) / Having A Party (Rod Stewart) / Crush (David Archuleta) / You Belong To Me (Taylor Swift) / Cotton Eye Joe (Rednex) / Stand (REM) / Just Another Day (John Mellencamp) / Runaway (Avril Lavigne) / Last Train to Clarksville (The Monkees) / Who Did You Think I Was (John Mayer) / Love Story (Taylor Swift) / It’s My Party (Lesley Gore) / Dance To The Music (Sly & The Family Stone) / American Girls (Counting Crows) / We Both Go Down Together (The Decemberists) / Bread (Stone Jack Jones) / Nobody Knows (Keaton Simons) / Ooh La La (Goldfrapp) / Fighting For Your Life (David Mead) / Hey Girl (OAR) / My Happy Ending (Avril Lavigne) / Be OK (Ingrid Michaelson) / Band of Gold (Freda Payne) / I Got A Woman (Ray Charles) / The Best of What’s Around (Dave Matthews Band) / Short Skirt-Long Jacket (Cake) / Listen to the Music (The Doobie Brothers) / Stand By Me (Ben E. King) / Galileo (Indigo Girls) / Holiday (Green Day) / Runaway (Del Shannon) / Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley) / If I Had $1,000,000 (Barenaked Ladies) / Feelin’ Stronger Every Day (Chicago) / No Better Place (Fountains of Wayne) / Revolution (The Beatles) / Shine On (Eric Bibb) / Theme from The Monkees (The Monkees) / Wonderful (Everclear) / Come Back Down (Toad the Wet Sprocket) / Surrender (Cheap Trick) / Knock You Down (Keri Hilson) / Shut Up And Drive (Rihana) / Cheerleader (The Four Bitchin’ Babes) / Norwegian Wood (P.M. Dawn) / Smile (Lily Allen) / Seventeen Dirty Magazines (Modern Skirts) / He Wasn’t (Avril Lavigne) /
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (U2) / My Girl (The Temptations) / Take It Easy (The Eagles) / Gitarzan (Ray Stevens) / Jim Dandy (Black Oak Arkansas) / Whispering Bells (The Del Vikings) / Put Your Records On (Corrine Bailey Rae) / Monday Morning (Fleetwood Mac) / Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is (Chicago) / Yakety Yak (The Coasters) / Loose Lips (Kimya Dawson) / Hey Girl [Live From Madison Square Garden] (OAR) / We’d Be Good For Us (Jon Troast) / Clocks (Coldplay) / Going To California (Led Zeppelin) / Doctor My Eyes (Ben Folds) / Landed (Ben Folds) / White Collar Boy (Belle & Sebastian) / Party in the U.S.A. (Miley Cyrus) / Never Going Back Again (Fleetwood Mac) / Meet Virgina (Train) / Walk Away (Kelly Clarkson) / Summer of ‘69 (Bryan Adams) / Toxic (Brittany Spears) / ABC (Jackson Five) / Jump (Van Halen) / New Shoes (Paolo Nutini) / Give A Little Bit (Supertramp) / Mercy (Duffy) / I Get Around (The Beach Boys) / Slide (Goo Goo Dolls) / Pills For Sara (Winterpills) / If I had No Loot (Tony Toni Tone) / Streetcorner Symphony (Rob Thomas) / Learning to Fly (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) / Hooked On A Feeling (Blue Swede) / Windy (The Association) / Sick of Myself (Matthew Sweet) / Along Comes Mary (The Association) / Upside Down (Jack Johnson) / All The Small Things (Blink 182) / Walkin’ On The Sun (Smash Mouth) / Summertime (The Sundays) / 1234 (Feist) / Speed of Sound (Coldplay) / Say Hey (Michael Franti & Spearhead) / Sacrifice (Rachael Sage) / I Wanna Be Rich (Caloway) / Misty Mountain Top (Led Zeppelin) / Should I Walk Away (Summercamp) /
Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (U2) / My Girl (The Temptations) / Take It Easy (The Eagles) / Gitarzan (Ray Stevens) / Jim Dandy (Black Oak Arkansas) / Whispering Bells (The Del Vikings) / Put Your Records On (Corrine Bailey Rae) / Monday Morning (Fleetwood Mac) / Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is (Chicago) / Yakety Yak (The Coasters) / Loose Lips (Kimya Dawson) / Hey Girl [Live From Madison Square Garden] (OAR) / We’d Be Good For Us (Jon Troast) / Clocks (Coldplay) / Going To California (Led Zeppelin) / Doctor My Eyes (Ben Folds) / Landed (Ben Folds) / White Collar Boy (Belle & Sebastian) / Party in the U.S.A. (Miley Cyrus) / Never Going Back Again (Fleetwood Mac) / Meet Virgina (Train) / Walk Away (Kelly Clarkson) / Summer of ‘69 (Bryan Adams) / Toxic (Brittany Spears) / ABC (Jackson Five) / Jump (Van Halen) / New Shoes (Paolo Nutini) / Give A Little Bit (Supertramp) / Mercy (Duffy) / I Get Around (The Beach Boys) / Slide (Goo Goo Dolls) / Pills For Sara (Winterpills) / If I had No Loot (Tony Toni Tone) / Streetcorner Symphony (Rob Thomas) / Learning to Fly (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) / Hooked On A Feeling (Blue Swede) / Windy (The Association) / Sick of Myself (Matthew Sweet) / Along Comes Mary (The Association) / Upside Down (Jack Johnson) / All The Small Things (Blink 182) / Walkin’ On The Sun (Smash Mouth) / Summertime (The Sundays) / 1234 (Feist) / Speed of Sound (Coldplay) / Say Hey (Michael Franti & Spearhead) / Sacrifice (Rachael Sage) / I Wanna Be Rich (Caloway) / Misty Mountain Top (Led Zeppelin) / Should I Walk Away (Summercamp) /
Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)
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