Emily, if you can get to Columbus, we can get to Michigan.

Hmmm. My mother lives not too far from Columbus...

Actually, if I'm free I'd totally drive the thing myself. It's more a matter of whether I'll be in some kind of training or something. Or, you know, Egypt.

I really think we need to see these pictures and judge for ourselves.

but then you can't drink! Just because there's no bourbon is not a reason not to drink!

As always, Vortex is wise.

Seriously, we can pay a student $50 to drive us around. All he/she has to do is drive and wait. They can study or talk on the phone or whatever. Easy money.

Which they can then use to buy alcohol!

The circle of liiiiiiiiiiiiife!

Which they can then use to buy alcohol!

as long as they do it after they drop us off!

Easy money.

Now I'm just pissed that I never did this in college. Drive around, get paid, make fun of drunks in my head. It's like living in the dorms, only with added cash!

Look at it this way: being the customary designated driver opens many opportunities to earn extra cash via blackmail if one so chooses.

When I was in college, there'd be these parties at our brother school and most of the guys would get, um, incapacitated, shall we say. There were two guys who would stay sober and walk an entire gaggle of girls home; they were quite popular.

Yeah, it is crazy long, but I've done the one to Cincinnati from here or San Diego more than once and it's fun to be able to see different parts of the country that way. It depends on it we have the time and if Kristin is game to spend that much time in the car.

My only concern will be about the drive home if I end up getting the NEH grant and have to leave on the 28th, but we can take a look at that later.