Best Drive Time Ever

We left Ocala this morning at 5:40 a.m. hoping for an easier trip than the one we had on the 29th.  At the start it said that we would be in Bloomington at 6:10 p.m.  From our previous trips, we expected that number to grow.  For the first time ever, it really didn't.  We added some time to it when we stopped at the first Buc-ee's, but not much.  As we closed in on Atlanta, our travel time jumped up an hour.  I checked my phone and there was an accident blocking I-75.  Once the GPS rerouted us, we were right back on target with an estimated time of 6:22 p.m.  We never really wavered from that the rest of the trip.  We did stop two more times.  Once at the second Buc-ee's for lunch and one last time at a gas station at the Kentucky/Indiana border.  Everyone was exhausted when we arrived at Meg's apartment, but thankful that we had pushed as hard as possible to get back.  Meg and Nick were ready for a quiet night, and Doug and I were glad that we would be able to drive the rest of the way home this evening.

Before we dropped Meg off, Doug ordered breadsticks from Pizza X for us.  We picked those up on the way out of town.  We were bummed to miss Brett, but he had an office New Year's party tonight so it wouldn't have worked anyway.  As we left BTown, I realized that this was the first time that Doug and I had really been alone in over three weeks.  It made for a nice ride back as we were able to talk about everything that had been going on this past month.  We made plans for Cameron's last semester at Bethany, talked about what we had next on the agenda, reviewed the list of projects for getting the house ready to move, made plans for how to handle future expenses and came up with our favorite characters on Law & Order that would have been great in a spin off show.  We did stop one more time in Peru, but we were still home by 10:30, just in time to see Cameron and my parents before heading to bed.  It was definitely a long day, but we didn't mind.  We were just incredibly thankful for the light traffic on the way back and the safe journey.