This is not a real post! Do not expect real postitude. DON’T, I SAID!
It is currently 8:15pm. Which is PAST MY BEDTIME. Because I need to get up tomorrow at FOUR A.M. Yes! You totally read that correctly. My train leaves just before 7am.
What train? Well! My train to New York City, of course!
But that’s not the exciting part. (Well, it’s SOMEWHAT exciting. I mean, it’s New York City. That’s ALWAYS exciting. But I don’t get to leave the train station, so not SO exciting.)
The EXCITING part is that, after about two hours, I get on ANOTHER train. And THAT train brings me to…
Yes, by the time you read this, I’ll be on that second train, on my way to the lovely state of Virginia. Which is apparently for lovers. (Do you think I am required to find a lover while I’m there? I’m only there for a few days. That’s kind of a time crunch. I suppose I could pick up some random at a gas station but I think that might be ill-advised. Because of the VD.)
WORRISOME.
We will have all the fun and adventure and talk and talk and laugh and eat foods and play with the kids and watch all the television and sometimes read and write because we totally know we need time to do that, too. That’s why this will be awesome. And then in just one day, Heather arrives! Oh, and then there is MORE hootenannying.
I will do my level best to a., take all the photos and b., let you know what’s going on in the state where I seem to be required to get a lover. (I suppose I will let you know how the quest for this southern lover is going. I’m going to guess it’s going to go poorly.)
Wish me all the train-luck (which means WINDOW-SEATS, which is all I ask for on the train. Oh, and also not a crazy seatmate, if I have to have a seatmate at all. Because a very long train trip with a crazy seatmate eating, say, red-hot Fritos, is not the best thing ever.)
*gag*
Oh, and just so you know, Dad thinks I’m going to be mugged and then murdered in New York City, and Mom said “don’t talk to strangers!” and I said, “Huh. I’m actually going on this trip to MEET strangers” and she was all “Oh, no. Oh, no no. I don’t know about you. I just don’t know.” Then Dad and I were joking that we should tell her that I joined the zero mile high club in the train bathroom to see what her reaction would be and then I was like “No, but Dad, it’s so gross in there, like, it’s AWASH in urine” and he was like, “Oh, well, don’t do that, then.” I like that his only prerequisite to not boffing in the train bathroom was that I might get pee on me.
I have got to get to bed. Time for an adventure, folks. Here we go!
October 11th, 2013 at 12:14 pm
train bathrooms are the grossest. The worst part of going across country in a train, actually.
Have fun!
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October 12th, 2013 at 4:01 pm
There were a bunch of signs that said “if the bathroom doesn’t live up to your standards, let us know.” Well, my standards are “less awash in urine,” but how do I know if that’s the norm? Here, it seems to be. (Also, where are the people peeing from, across the damn room? Good grief!)
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October 11th, 2013 at 12:27 pm
I can’t wait to find out how your journey to the land of nearby the lazy government workers goes. Take pictures of senators on couches for us!
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October 12th, 2013 at 4:00 pm
I totally went by Washington DC and saw the Capitol Building from the train. I oohed out loud. So the people around probably thought I was nuts. I don’t even care. I’ve never seen it before. It was AWESOME.
Didn’t see any reclining senators. Maybe on the way home?
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October 13th, 2013 at 1:52 pm
My familia is totally planning a trip to Washington DC and can’t wait to ding dong ditch and toilet paper some senators houses.
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October 13th, 2013 at 9:32 pm
I want to plan one, too. Not for TPing. But to look at history and ooh and ahh. I’m a total fool for historical things. It’s really kind of a weird thing about me. I love to bag on my country…but I also love it so much. I’m an enigma, me.
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October 14th, 2013 at 9:57 am
Yeah, the history is amazing and awe inspiring. Just think these government officials need a kick in the rear too.
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October 14th, 2013 at 11:26 am
I’m in complete agreement. The country makes me angry. Often. Yet I still love it. It’s like a bad boyfriend.
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October 14th, 2013 at 12:44 pm
Or Virginian lover.
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October 11th, 2013 at 12:34 pm
I’ve always found that slogan ironic as fornication and possibly cohabitation are still outlawed by Virginia statute. Have fun !
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October 12th, 2013 at 3:59 pm
I found a lot of “Virginia is for straight lovers” pictures when I was looking for the photo in the post, which made me laugh bitterly. Come on, Virginia, if you’re for lovers, you need to be for ALL lovers.
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October 11th, 2013 at 12:50 pm
Not everybody you meet at petrol stations have STDs. I mean, I regularly go there to fill up my car with petrol and I’ve never had one.
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October 12th, 2013 at 3:58 pm
Yes, but ALSO, you are not hanging around the gas station waiting to pick up chicks. Or ARE you? Please tell me you’re not. If you are, we need to have a talk about inappropriate gas-station behavior.
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October 11th, 2013 at 1:26 pm
Greetings from Virginia! I hope you have a great time. As regards the slogan, don’t believe the hype. :-)
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October 12th, 2013 at 3:58 pm
Oh, good. Because so far, I have not met a lover. But I suppose there’s always the train home…
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October 11th, 2013 at 2:00 pm
I really want to ride a train someday. Not like a commuter train (although those are exciting enough, because I’m easily excited), but like a “going on an adventure” train. I have no idea when I’ll ever get to do this, as it always seems to make more sense to fly or drive, depending on how far I’m going… but someday…
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October 12th, 2013 at 3:56 pm
I’ve only been on a going-on-an-adventure train twice now – this one and the one to Maryland in May. Both times were really kind of awesome. I mean, there were issues (because when there are other people, there are always issues…) but I like the train so much more than a plane. I feel less trapped. And I like watching the scenery go by.
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October 11th, 2013 at 3:43 pm
I like that his only prerequisite to not boffing in the train bathroom was that I might get pee on me
I’m dying I can’t even! Have so much fun with sj and Heather! And have a safe trip :)
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October 12th, 2013 at 3:55 pm
So far, the best time! And Heather will be here very soon! So MORE fun will be had!
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October 11th, 2013 at 5:36 pm
YOU ARE IN MY CAR RIGHT MEOW!
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October 11th, 2013 at 7:02 pm
I am so jealous!
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October 12th, 2013 at 3:54 pm
YOU WILL BE HERE IN JUST A FEW HOURS! I CANNOT WAIT!!!
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October 12th, 2013 at 3:54 pm
I totally was! YAY!!!!
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