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Musta Got Lost

10/14/2012

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This week, and this week only, I'm going to do something a little different. 

My life dramatically changed seven years ago.  For the better.  I didn't have a smartphone then.  Or a blog.  Or even a MySpace page.

Even so, many of the details are still very vivid.  It's not exactly live-blogging.  It's more like live-reflective-blogging.  Then again, that's kind of what a lot of blogging is, so maybe it's just blogging.

At the time, I was living in Northern Virginia, looking forward to shedding my old life.  Especially since I had a new life waiting for me in California.

Here's where I stayed that last night, seven years ago tonight.
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It was nice, but it didn't really matter.  I had a deal and they had a vacancy.  It was very pretty, and at this time of year there were beautiful autumn colors and falling leaves.  I had a nice dinner in the bar, and the room was great.

I was too excited to sleep much, though.  And I had to get up at night to go into work.  My job was from 2:00am to 10:00am.  I was training someone new, though my mind was on the road, over the hill and far away.  Very far away.

I was exhausted but also really exhilarated.  While I wasn't quite hallucinating bright blue horses and shiny yellow dinosaurs (or even hephalumps and woozles), I was constantly thinking about my stuffed Saturn in the parking garage, and my AAA triptych on the passenger seat.
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For some reason, as I think back on this, the J. Geils Band song "Musta Got Lost" is stuck in my head.  While I didn't get lost, at any point on this journey, I did feel like I had been lost before this, and had been for a very long time.

I had a ten-disc CD changer in my car at the time, but didn't take any J. Geils Band with me.  But I did have that player filled, and a box of CDs in the trunk, to keep me entertained.

I'll get into that music tomorrow, on the officially anniversary of the start of this trip.  In the meantime, here's what shuffled out of my J. Geils Band playlist...

"(Ain't Nothin' But A) House Party"
"Looking For A Love"
"Angel In Blue"
"Sanctuary"
"Come Back"
"I Do"
"Land Of A Thousand Dances"
"Whammer Jammer"
"Musta Got Lost'
"Just Can't Wait"
"Stoop Down #39"

Many of those are actually quite appropriate, but that's just a coincidence.

Leg 1 of the trip starts tomorrow!

Ken

P.S. - Hi Marvin!  It's all there - over the hill and far away. bright blue horses and falling leaves!
22 Comments
Lisa Kessler link
10/14/2012 12:03:29 pm

Awww I'm so glad you made that trip!!!

*HUGS*

I love you!

Lisa

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Ken
10/14/2012 07:28:31 pm

I love you, too! That trip was one of the best things I ever did!

Ken

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Chris Mitchell
10/14/2012 12:03:39 pm

Road trips are always cool.

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Ken
10/15/2012 05:27:17 am

I'd like to do this one again sometime, with Lisa. And take a little longer to really see America!

Ken

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Tyler
10/14/2012 07:15:55 pm

J Geils is very good road trip music, the Smitherens are better yet - of course I have an East coast bias.....

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Ken
10/15/2012 05:28:04 am

Even though it's been seven years, I still have an East coast bias! Maybe it's more of a South East coast bias...

Ken

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Clare
10/15/2012 02:06:21 am

Always have to have plenty of music on a trip.

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Ken
10/15/2012 05:28:42 am

So true! I did have to stop and get more at one point, but that comes later...

Ken

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Shatonlee
10/15/2012 07:43:24 am

Adventure! Travel! New places...love it.

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Ken
10/16/2012 03:12:45 am

Me, too! Though I'd like to take that trip again and see more places!

Ken

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Sharonlee
10/15/2012 07:44:29 am

Sheesh... I spelt my own name wrong!

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Ken
10/16/2012 03:13:10 am

No prob. I don't take off for spelling.

Ken

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Marvin
10/15/2012 01:54:29 pm

Road trips, don't usually do those unless the spaceship breaks down. Do have a cd player in it tho, can't go anywhere without the music! I once beamed up a live band to play while traveling but they were really not that good and that is when I started my cd collection. (I have two now!) 8 points Earthling! :)

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Ken
10/16/2012 03:14:16 am

Thanks, Marvin! Live music is great, but not quite as portable!

Ken

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Leta
10/16/2012 02:48:31 pm

I love road trips, and, yes, lots and lots of music... BLARING (so it'll drown out my own voice while I sing along... hahaha!)

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Ken
10/18/2012 03:26:38 am

Thanks, Leta! That was exactly how most of my trip went!

Ken

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Colleen
10/18/2012 08:59:13 am

Wow, how exciting that must have been! I've done quite a few long distance moves myself in the course of my lifetime. Just made my final one (I hope) from South Florida to northern Virginia, of all places haha!!! Funny how we survived those old road trips without the help of smartphones, GPS and ..... my 9,000 song iPod connected to the stereo system!!!! :D

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Ken
10/18/2012 06:33:24 pm

Thanks, Colleen! I've said, "This is the last time I'm moving" too many times. Those words don't even mean anything, any more.

Ken

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Peggy
10/19/2012 07:32:41 am

I love road trips, but I like them better when I have time to see everything along the way. Half the fun is in the get there, and music always makes the trip enjoyable. :)

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Ken
10/21/2012 05:57:58 am

Thanks, Peggy! I would love to do this again some time, with Lisa, and take it slower so I could see so much more!

Ken

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Doris Emmett
10/20/2012 07:29:19 pm

Sounds like a great trip and the music just adds even more to it...loved reading it.

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Ken
10/21/2012 05:58:56 am

Thanks, Doris! This would have been a much different (and more difficult) trip if I didn't have any music! I don't even want to think about that!

Ken

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