Getting ready to go to Springfield, MO with some friends to watch a drumline competition. It will be 3.5 hours of driving, and I'm nervous about it. Some thoughts I was having:
Going on a road trip this weekend with my daughters. If any of you are like me, driving long distances is one of the biggest triggers out there. Hours on the road with nothing to do. I'm dreading it. I'm getting prepared with plenty of gum, mints, sunflower seeds, and phone numbers of my fellow quitters. Those of you who have sent me your number, you might be getting a call Friday evening or Sunday, just a heads up :wub:
The other big tool in my quit kit is looking at my daughters in the back seat. I'm doing this for me, but I'm also doing this for them. One thing that steels my reserve during this quit more than anything else is thinking of those stories we have all (hopefully) read on here about good people who have been permanently disfigured or lost their lives while their loved ones sat by and watched helplessly. This dirty shit that we all used to shovel into our mouths frequently wants to KILL us, and in the most painful, gruesome way possible. Look at your families. Imagine them sitting by your hospital bed, unable to even look at you because you are missing half your face, or part of your tongue. That's enough for me. QLFEDD with all the June Bugs.
I remember a great road trip to Springfield MO, when I was in my mid 20s; a buddy and I just had to go to Bass Pro Shops and to nearest one was Springfield, MO. We left St. Louis early on a Saturday morning with the truck loaded with fishing gear and all the tobacco two addicts would need. About half way there my dipshit buddy decides that he is gonna chew looseleaf. Dumbshit, get some Redman plug, proceeds to pack a cheek full...then like clockwork 45 minutes down the road he is greener than the bag, as I pull over to the shoulder he decides to call dinosaurs with his head hanging out the window of the truck while we are moving at least 85 MPH.
Once he finishes I let him know that he needs to wash my truck at the next stop.
The funny part of all that is if that happened today I would leave his ass along the shoulder of the road for puking on my new truck.
Stay quit stop by Wal-Mart or a Casey's General store and pick up some Smokey mountain for the trip as well as some cinnamon candies and enjoy the beautiful Missouri spring roadside beauty.