On the Road Again

These pictures were taken in 2005. This was probably the most uncomfortable driving trip ever. My husband James (then boyfriend) had a finger that swelled to like triple it's size. While his finger was still somewhat abnormal the doctors gave him antibiotics and saw him before we left for our trip to visit my parents for a vacation in Alabama. Well, the doctors believed that the antibiotics they gave him would fix the problem. So we began on our trip to Alabama. Since James was on heavy antibiotics and pain relievers he couldn't drive.

Yup that meant 15 hours of me going nuts driving and listening to James on drugs. Not to mention looking at his hand getting worse and worse by the hour. I guess the doctors were wrong, he needed different antibiotics! And his finger was HUGE! I felt stuck because I literally couldn't do anything but drive. After we got to Alabama we decided to take James into the ER where it was another 8 hours before he was seen and treated. They fixed him and shot him with the big antibiotics which seemed to work. But boy was it an awful painful experience for him. I felt so bad that he endured all that pain just to come on vacation with me. And amidst all this he managed to go on a walk with my parents on the beach and ask if he could have my hand in marriage. He's a wonderful man, and very determined :) I love him very much!

Now James' finger is back to normal and today I was reminded of horrible driving experiences because I just spent a total of 3 and 1/2 hours (at the least) on the road in my car. Yet I somehow only had to travel about 15 miles :) Gotta love the city at 5pm....

That experience I had of driving to Alabama made this one look no so bad in comparision :)