Road Trip

Oh yeah, and Bernice was upset she didn't get to go.




I love to get in the car and go on a road trip. Serious time in the car brings the promise of good tunes, and a trip to Dairy Queen.

Today, Scot and I played hooky and headed to Tucson. We went to pick up his sister's mattress. What sounds like a long, dirty story is actually short and clean. Alex bought a new bed last semester and today moved to a new place that comes furnished. We could use the mattress for Nora, as we had been contemplating cheap room re-do's for the girls.

R.E.M.'s Be Mine came on the shuffle, and we reminisced how the lyrics to that song were the perfect ones to inscribe inside our wedding bands. We never did engrave them as we couldn't find anyone who would do it while we waited. But, hearing the song today showed us that what we thought sounded cool 12 years ago, still sounds good now. Glad it hasn't changed.

We didn't get any soft serve, but we got to see Alex (Scot's alarmingly mature and sweet 20-year-old sister) and went out for juicy roast beef and pickle sandwiches. It was an unplanned, simple day. And it was lovely. Funny how some of the most memorable, special days of our lives are that way. :)

R.E.M.'s Be Mine

I never thought of this as funny
It speaks another world to me
I wanna be your Easter bunny
I wanna be your Christmas tree

I'll strip the world that you must live in
Of all its godforsaken greed
I'll ply the tar out of your feathers
I'll pluck the thorns out of your feet
You and me
You and me
You and me

And if I choose your sanctuary
I'll want to wash you with my hair
I'll want to drink of sacred fountains
And find the riches hidden there

I'll eat the lotus and peyote
I'll want to hear the caged-bird sing
I'll want the secrets of the temple
I'll want the finger with the ring
You and me
You and me
You and me

And if you make me your religion
I'll give you all you will need
I'll be the drawing of your breath
I'll be the cup if you should bleed
I'll be the sky above the Ganges
I'll be the vast and stormy sea
I'll be the lights that guide you inland
I'll be the visions you will see
Visions you will see

You will see
You will see
You and me