Go With Grandma

Sarah (at motel, not wanting to sleep): I wanna go with Grandma and Grandpa! Why can't we go right now?

Papa: We are going right now Sarah. We are on our way. We are just going to sleep a little bit so we can continue.

Sarah: No, I don't wanna sleep! I wanna go right now!

Papa: Look, if we go right now, we'll get tired in the car and crash.

Sarah: What's cwash?

Papa: The car runs into something or off the road and we all have a lot, a lot, a lot of owie and all have to go to the hospital.

Sarah: I wanna cwash!

Moon

(The scene, our car at night. Mama is trying to distract Sarah.)

Mama: Look Sarah, the moon says Hi!

Sarah (sweetly): Hi moon, how are you? (micro pause) (angry) She's not talking!

(See also the talking backpack story)

Mama (laughing): I'll talk for the moon, honey.

Sarah: Moon, where are you? Can you help me go with you?

Mama: No, you need to go with grandma and grandpa right now, but we can play.

Sarah: But I don't have any toys!

Mama: Well, we can play pretend.

Sarah (not convinced): Mmm, ok, Moon.

A Boy?

Sarah, at gas station, sees a girl wearing a ball cap: Mama, is that a boy?

Girl (laughing, takes off hat)

Sarah: Why she have a haaat?

Brain Stab

Not sure what the cause of this is, but Papa has a condition where he will get a sharp pain in the brain when singing certain songs with the radio. It is not from singing loud. It is probably related to emotion as it is most frequent with songs that Papa feels emotional or nostalgic about.

Travel Peeve

Travel Peeve #1: People who pull in front of you too closely.

Travel Peeve#2: People who pull in front of you too closely and then slow down.

Trailers

It is kinda windy on our trip now and we have seen two different semi tractor trailers apparently blown off the side of the road within a span of two hours. Road conditions are fine and they were both on straightaways.

Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ Is Lord Not A Swear Word

(Name of gas station in Texas)