Moving Out

I have packed for multiple vacations and car trips before, and the way of thinking, for me, is that I will be packing for however many days with the knowledge that I will return. But packing for going away to college? It's packing with the knowledge that, essentially, you won't return. Of course, I will be back in Texas for the summer, Thanksgiving week, Christmas etc., but I will always return to Virginia, not the other way around. Instead of me returning to Texas, it's me visiting and returning to my new home. Although, Texas will always be home for me; that will never change. Sure, it's sad, but I try to pretend I don't have negative emotions.

I've found that it was very hard to pack for a new home. I had to take everything I would need, combined with everything I might want, along with stuff I'll probably never use. It's basically picking up your room and taking it with you to another state, while still leaving some of the stuff in your room because you don't want to absolutely destroy the memory of your old home. As for me, I'm not actually taking a lot; if you look in my room, it doesn't look bare...just clean. I wouldn't call it nostalgia necessarily, because after all, I don't have emotions.

All I'm thinking about is the 20+ hour drive to Virginia. There's only so many things you can do on a car trip before your laptop dies. Half of the time, I'll be driving, sure. But the other half? Who knows. I can last about 30 minutes of reading before I get car sick. What then? These are not rhetorical questions people, I'm actually wondering what to do.

First, we'll stop in North Carolina to visit my brother's family, but then, after a couple of days, we arrive at Lynchburg, Virginia, and I find my home at Liberty University. Now, that's a scary thought...

Good thing I don't have emotions.