i'm probably the worst driving companion ever, what with my penchants for throwing my feet up on the dashboard and frequent dozing off for hours at a time. i think it stems from my increasingly virulent carsickness- i often used to sleep on buses when going on school trips or tours to fend off the nausea. i think the gentle motion of a running automobile is as soporific to me now as it probably was when i was a baby. it makes matters worse that the hubs claims to be unable to sleep while i'm driving... something about me not being a "defensive driver", or some such nonsense. anyway it makes it so i never contribute to our long driving trips, unless it's through some windy mountain roads and i'm unable to fall asleep. which is probably for the best, because actually, i've been able to admit to myself that i'm really NOT a good driver. in fact, i'm kind of a bad one. which has been difficult to swallow, what with 10+ years of denial behind me. call it a female version of machismo (feminisma?). i really really didn't want to be that stereotype- asian female [BAD] driver. but after multiple incidents of hopping the curbs, lopsided parking, amnestic stretches of distance, and a ticket or two for the "california roll" thru stops, i have to admit... dood, i suck. so i happily pass along the responsibility to the steady, capable hands of my partner, and nap luxuriously. which works out well on most counts, not so much at 1am on a work night.
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glad you had time to rest! i am, too, an awful driver, but a phenomenal passenger- and bus-, train- plane- passenger sleeper...
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