And goodbye makes the journey harder still...

To whom it may concern:
I am home at last! And in the spirit of High Fidelity, I will recount the events of my trip and arrival with a couple of top fives.

Top Five Crappy Things about the Drive Home
1. Being deprived of performing the Heimlich maneuver on a kid who was choking in a Wendy's in Colorado by some guy who thought he was the man and told me he would handle it.
2. Sleeping for an hour and a half in the fetal position in the passengers seat, surrounded by truck drivers, then getting up with the sun and back on the road.
3. Almost getting lost in Las Vegas, New Mexico, which is a dirty, dirty town.
4. Rush hour in Denver after a Rockies game.
5. All of the pretty scenery was in the dark by the time we got to it.

Top Five Awesome Things about the Drive Home
1. Peter, Paul, and Mary - they're going to be my activist theme music from now on.
2. John Piper sermons
3. Watching a prairie dog waddle across the road in front of me, though I was going 80 mph and could have squoooshed him.
4. Having a story to tell about this one time when I almost did the Heimlich on some kid who was choking.
5. A Mighty Wind - the Soundtrack

Yes, now it's time for me to get a job, get registered for summer classes, and somehow afford a car.
"How many ears must a young man have before he can hear people cry?" - PP&M. Oh folk rock.