I HATE TRAFFIC!!!!!!!!!!
Oh my freakin' God. I hate stupid drivers, and traffic in general. Holy shit.
Ok, so first there's the Gatlinburg traffic mess. It's worse than the beach during spring break, traffic backed up, only one main road to get everywhere, up and down "the strip". It wasn't any where NEAR as bad as it was when I went with Robin, Mike, Paul & Justin, but still. We actually stayed in downtown Gatlinburg, right on the strip, so we could walk to a lot of places. BUt the ones that we couldn't, it took like 4 times as long as it should have, based on the distance away it was. UGH. And people won't let you turn left across traffic, it's crazy.
THEN, we FINALLY get to 40 and go for maybe an hour and a half, and we come to a HUGE mess, apparantly a tractor trailer wrecked and exploded and completely shut down the interstate BOTH ways. I'm not sure if any thing was moving by the time we hit it, but by the time we got to a place we could detour and find an alternate route.. we called some people that left after us from Gatlinburg, and they were stopped about 50 miles back. JESUS! That's insane. So, we found a map and hopped off 40 via an ON ramp.. and stopped and reorganized. I found the alternate route on the map and told them all how we should go, based on that. Then we had to sit and talk about it for 15 more mins, cuz someone over heard bits of a conversation that said someone took 4 hours to go back roads around it, so some of the people were lik "let's just get a hotel and stay here and leave at the ass crack of dawn". Uhm, HELL NO. Luckily there were other people that said that as well. And, once we got going, we were fine. A few little snag ups at some of the lights, but that's no biggie. We found the first connection back to 40, but that was still a parking lot, so we went to the next one and it was moving nicely. So, we were on our way, FINALLY. We left the hotel at 10am, eastern time, and got home at about 5:30. Part of that was stopping for breakfast at 2 places cuz the first one had a 90 min wait. And, then stopping for gas and a potty break. These people don't get the idea of a "quick stop"! ERGH. Oh my goodness.
Other than that, the trip was pretty fun. I won't do it again anytime soon, at least not with that many people. I'd be fine going somewhere with just Trish & her family. But coordinating what 10 people wanted to do, with no definite plan before we got there was no good. People got ornery, etc. I finally got to Hard Rock last night, last thing. We went to the big aquarium, which I ended up having to pay for myself at. I thought this was an all inclusive trip.. but I guess not. Whatever. I'm not doind that again, unless they offer to pay me too, or pay for the dogs. They were a fun bunch of people tho, and so what we are all going to be like when we're 40. Loud, crazy, and on crack!! It's great. I was thuroughly entertained. :-)
Now, I have to type up some counseling session transcriptions and head to bed. I want my puppies!!! They're still at the kennel, cuz they don't open for pick up on Sundays. What the hell is that?! Schemin' people out of more money, that's what.
Ok, so first there's the Gatlinburg traffic mess. It's worse than the beach during spring break, traffic backed up, only one main road to get everywhere, up and down "the strip". It wasn't any where NEAR as bad as it was when I went with Robin, Mike, Paul & Justin, but still. We actually stayed in downtown Gatlinburg, right on the strip, so we could walk to a lot of places. BUt the ones that we couldn't, it took like 4 times as long as it should have, based on the distance away it was. UGH. And people won't let you turn left across traffic, it's crazy.
THEN, we FINALLY get to 40 and go for maybe an hour and a half, and we come to a HUGE mess, apparantly a tractor trailer wrecked and exploded and completely shut down the interstate BOTH ways. I'm not sure if any thing was moving by the time we hit it, but by the time we got to a place we could detour and find an alternate route.. we called some people that left after us from Gatlinburg, and they were stopped about 50 miles back. JESUS! That's insane. So, we found a map and hopped off 40 via an ON ramp.. and stopped and reorganized. I found the alternate route on the map and told them all how we should go, based on that. Then we had to sit and talk about it for 15 more mins, cuz someone over heard bits of a conversation that said someone took 4 hours to go back roads around it, so some of the people were lik "let's just get a hotel and stay here and leave at the ass crack of dawn". Uhm, HELL NO. Luckily there were other people that said that as well. And, once we got going, we were fine. A few little snag ups at some of the lights, but that's no biggie. We found the first connection back to 40, but that was still a parking lot, so we went to the next one and it was moving nicely. So, we were on our way, FINALLY. We left the hotel at 10am, eastern time, and got home at about 5:30. Part of that was stopping for breakfast at 2 places cuz the first one had a 90 min wait. And, then stopping for gas and a potty break. These people don't get the idea of a "quick stop"! ERGH. Oh my goodness.
Other than that, the trip was pretty fun. I won't do it again anytime soon, at least not with that many people. I'd be fine going somewhere with just Trish & her family. But coordinating what 10 people wanted to do, with no definite plan before we got there was no good. People got ornery, etc. I finally got to Hard Rock last night, last thing. We went to the big aquarium, which I ended up having to pay for myself at. I thought this was an all inclusive trip.. but I guess not. Whatever. I'm not doind that again, unless they offer to pay me too, or pay for the dogs. They were a fun bunch of people tho, and so what we are all going to be like when we're 40. Loud, crazy, and on crack!! It's great. I was thuroughly entertained. :-)
Now, I have to type up some counseling session transcriptions and head to bed. I want my puppies!!! They're still at the kennel, cuz they don't open for pick up on Sundays. What the hell is that?! Schemin' people out of more money, that's what.
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