traditions

traditions are those things that remind us that we are a part of something bigger...family...as i am taking this road trip with dominic i am realizing all the 'traditions' that have been a norm in my life while on road trips...i have been given curious looks by dom as he is introduced to the traditions...the first induction came when we crossed from minnesota into wisconsin at the beginning of our trip...i was driving as i drove past the "welcome to wisconsin" sign i honked the horn twice...this registered a look of confusion across dom's face...i then had to explain that honking the horn twice as we pass into each state is just 'what we do'...he took to this really well and actually let me know today as we were passing into ohio...good guy this dominic...
the 2nd less well known tradition is listening to chicago and singing your heart out (joy you're with me on this!)...i proceeded to do this everytime a chicago song would shuffle through my ipod...the look i got from dom was one of amusement (probably because i'm such a great singer and he is amazed that i didn't make it onto american idol...NOT) i have been known to call my sisters and leave them voicemails of me singing the songs that remind me of them...
the 3rd tradition has yet to be brought into this trip...going to save it for trip to maine...the alphabet game...where you are in a contest with the other people in the car to find all the letters of the alphabet first...(i have never been very good at this game...might leave this tradition as a memory)
number 4 is something that we loved to do as kids...wave at the truck drivers and see how many of them will honk their horn or even wave...this actually got a laugh out of dominic...as i like to think...you never know what a smile or wave will do for someone's day..

i am also enjoying the fact that we get to start our own traditions...clifford riding on the dashboard...stopping for french fries at least once a day seems to be one that is developing...(watch out butt)...listening to a W I D E variety of music from my r&b/rap/pussycat dolls to gypsy kings, jj cale etc...

oh yeah...me driving for more then an hour at a time is also taking shape..haaaaaaaaaaa