If You Don’t Have a Reason to Be in LA…
Tuesday, March 14th, 2006I can’t believe I’m actually leaving LA in less than a week. I’m in that mode of recognizing the last of everything: Last Sunday night, last yoga class, last Tuesday… I remember the same countdown before I left for my RTW trip and it feels similar–some pangs of things that I’ll miss, some moments of “I can’t believe I’m really doing this,” and many other fleeting feelings I don’t have time to really address right now!
Last night I told my yoga teacher that I’m moving, and she was envious. If it weren’t for her husband being a filmmaker, she said, she’d love to live somewhere else. After I briefly explained my situation, one of my classmates summed it up perfectly: If you don’t have a reason to be in LA, there’s no reason to be in LA. My thoughts exactly.
I also spent almost two hours at AAA (or rather, Auto Club of Southern California) yesterday, plotting my route with one of their fabulous employees–trying to hit some scenic drives rather than just take the interstate the entire way–and getting a TripTik and TourBooks and Campbooks for practically every state I’ll be crossing. I remember Mom and Dad getting TripTiks for some of our long road trips when I was a kid, and now I have one of my very own! Very exciting. I’ve definitely gotten my money’s worth on this year’s membership!
Amy