A Week of Driving

It's been a week break here in Internland, but I've now got a fellow-intern to bumble around with: Alice! But before I introduce her into this working summer, I'll digress into what I call my One Week of Complete Travel Around Maryland and Lower Pennsylvania in a Car with a Broken Air-Conditioner. And it's not over, yet!

It began last Friday, with my itching to leave work and jump onto the highway to Ocean City. I was shaky as I threw clothes into my travel bag, antsy to get out of my room and onto the road. Gotta beat traffic gotta beat traffic...

Truth be told, I did not beat traffic. Not one little bit.

I finally made it to my grandparent's trailer on 52nd street, but I had little rest, because the next day I was on my way to Travis' house, to the south of Ocean City. The following day I was off again, this time late at night to really beat the Memorial Day traffic, and soon I found myself in and out of Baltimore, thrown into the twisting and winding roads in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.

After slipping off to bed early, and feeling old, Emily drove me down to the historic district of Ellicott City the next day, Monday. I fell in love with the place. I made believe I was in a small European Town nestled into the mountains. And I finally realized the true meaning of "nestled into the mountains," with the streets bumping up to the building's faces, with boulders and rock pushing into sidestreets and alleyways and the mountain head looming up above us all. It was truly breathtaking. My desire to see Europe has increased tenfold.

On Tuesday, after a grand sushi buffet, Emily and I drove up to York, PA to see our good ol' graduate friend, Alyse. We fell asleep to Daria, excited about what the next day held: Hershey Park.

Now, I had never been to Hershey Park before, and I was not the biggest fan of roller coasters. I have been on a few before, but they still scared the crap out of me. However, with a lot of cajoling and jokes, Emily and Alyse finally convinced me to go on one the older and more tame coasters: The Comet. Thankfully there were no lines that day, so I didn't have a chance to sit there and bite my nails, wondering if I could actually do this. I just did it.

And despite the good brain-rattle I received, it was a lot of fun! Throughout the rest of the sweat-soaked day, I rode as many coasters as I could handle before succumbing to the dehydration and the nausea. I slept as much as I could on the ride back to York, but had to wake myself up for the drive back to Windsor Mills, and then to Baltimore.

On Thursday, I drove back to Chestertown so I could settle in with Alice, my suitemate and as I mentioned before, fellow intern. We had a nice heart-to-heart over Procs, thunderstorms and vodka.

Today, Friday, I will soon be leaving for Ocean City once again, this time with Ellen to go to Travis' before we travel to Selbyville for Corey's Graduation Party on Saturday. I will be returning on Sunday. After this week I don't think I'll ever want to travel EVER AGAIN.

...but of course I'm lying. I love traveling! I'm just glad I don't get carsick!

And there is a happy ending to this story! At the end of this ordeal, I've finally found out my wages for this summer! Hoorah for gettin' paid!