incredible journey

i went home to indiana last week for my friend courtney's wedding. since josh and i had a few things to take home and several wedding gifts to bring back we decided to drive home. we wanted to bring home some yummy chocolate for everyone. so josh and i went to godiva to pick some things out. the girl that helped us asked me a silly question though.
"are these chocolates for something special?"
"yes, eating"

we packed everything that we wanted to take with us, table and chairs, CPU, dog stuff, bridesmaid dress, and chocolates and still managed room for a dog and a cooler. josh picked me up from work to save time and we were on our way. shortly after we were on 76 the stinks began. i think the first one was hogs, then sulfur, then some sort of reek that i couldn't identify. it was very pungent, and stung my nostrils. the smells continued into most of nebraska, and i of course made a point of covering my nose with the blanket and exclaiming "what is that smell?"

josh and i traded off driving and luckily for me zelda (our dog) only really bothered josh when he was trying to sleep, and didn't bother me too much. we stopped at a gas station in lincoln, NE where some creepy guy was hitting on me. luckily josh came in to rescue me. (unfortunately for me josh stopped at this same gas station on the way back and the same guy was working! i decided that i didn't have to pee until the next stop)
mom called me on my phone just as the sun was coming up to say that i might have to pick up catherine in iowa city because her car was still broken. so we made a detour and picked up catherine and dropped off the table and chairs (i broke her table so it would match her car).
poor swipes had to endure five hours of zelda crawling all over her. i suppose it didn't help that zelda had taken off the lid of a cup of coffee and was taking sips of it as she wanted.
it was fun to have a road trip with her, including a few rounds of the animal guessing game. josh i fear did not have fun, too much giggling i think.

the return journey was a little less fun. josh was very sleepy and even though i let him sleep for four hours, after two hours of josh driving, i was awoken by a poke and "can you drive? i'm sleepy." we also drove through rain and snow before arriving back in denver. i also resolved not to go into gas stations late a night without josh. i went into one where three guys were standing around, and the guy at the counter looked at my credit card (it has a fox on it), and said "do you have a fox on there because you are a fox? the picture certainly fits you" UGH!!!
i'm just glad that i didn't get kidnapped, josh didn't fall asleep at the wheel, and i didn't kill the dog for trying to snuggle with me.