documenting the journey...

i am sparing you all by not taking pictures of us spending our first 20 hours on the road, but i will share our memorable incidents we've had along the way......
we started out on tuesday morning a little later than we hoped, but we finally got the car packed and got on our way. and nothing too eventful happend 'til it got dark. we have an ipod holder that plays through the radio, and it plugs into the cigarette lighter. so we were going along, i was driving, and the player started to fall out. joseph picks it up, and i thought there was some plastic still in there, so i reached to grab it, not thinking about it being a socket i was reaching into, and i got shocked, except for that didnt even phase me because there was a metal spring that got hot and burned my finger really well. i didn't panic, because it didn't hurt too much at first, and then i could smell the burnt flesh, and the only water i could reach was a cup of sprite in the cup holder, stuck my finger in that, and it started to tingle even more..... anyways, it was a long night for me with a burning finger. every time i've ever burned myself, i've kept cold water on it, and then it hurts worse until i can sleep and then it doesn't hurt anymore. i couldnt sleep because i couldnt take pain medication, and i didnt want to keep my finger in water in a bumpy car ride, so i found that i could keep my finger against the cool window and be fine. but imagine trying to sleep while holding your finger up to a window.... i worried that people in other cars would think that i was flipping them off, but whatever.
event number 2- we were going through nebraska, and as everyone knows, you shouldn't speed when you are in nebraska. the cops are everywhere. so joseph was driving and i had finally dozed off around 2 a.m. when i was lurched awake from the car slowing down. all i could see was bright red and blue flashing lights everywhere, and i started to flip out. we really don't need a speeding ticket at the moment, but that wasn't why i was flipping out. our license plates have been revoked in the last couple weeks because our insurance is in utah and the plates are from north carolina, and the people in NC figured it out and they became invalid. we have been trying to get it resolved as quickly as possible, but its taking some time, and meanwhile the last thing we need is for a cop to run the plates and send the driver to jail. so i ask him how fast he was going, and he had the cruise set at only five over! so the cops walk up, all three of them, shining flashlights so i felt like it was noon outside, and asks for license and registration, and then says, well you were going 70 in a 65, so you were going a little fast, so i'm just gonna write you a warning so you slow down tonight. just follow me back here for a minute so i can write this up for you. he gets out, and leaves me sitting in the car for about fifteen minutes. talk about the longest fifteen minutes of my life! i'm sitting there, trying my very hardest not to hyperventilate, because all i could think was, what are they doing??!!?!?!?!?!? why is it taking so long to tell him to slow down a little??? is he sitting in the back of the cop car????? what will happen to me if they take the car????? this is soooo dumb!!!!! all i can see are the headlights glaring at me, and i have no idea whats going on! finally, he walks back and gets back in, and i ask what happened, and they had just been talking about summer sales for the last fifteen minutes while i am having a heart attack! but in the end, i was glad that he was able to keep the cop from running the plates and getting us in major trouble. thank goodness!
we got to st louis wednesday morning, and we will be on the road again tomorrow morning as we head to dc. it has been sooo nice to have this little break here without worrying about school or work and just relax before starting work on saturday. it was espcially nice to be greeted with 75 degrees and sunshine, and to leave behind a snowstorm that happened today in utah. but i sincerely hope that nothing else too eventful will happen!

ps- the 'before the baby bump' picture will come soon for all those who have been asking to see it! i promise after we get settled down again i will post something!