You Left Me; You Lost Me

You left me. You lost me.

I’m that childhood toy you used to worship and adore and take everywhere but now have fatally misplaced. Or you reached a state of boredom; you’ve worn me out so much all you can think to do is throw me away in all my ragged rawness. And so you are left with only memories, finding yourself often stuck in fond reverie, but that’s it. Memories, figments, files in your mind; I’m no longer around and I am no longer yours. 

You left me…so, you lost me.

You destroyed me.

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Something I wrote after I watched a particular scene in a movie (can't think of it at the moment - forgive my sluggish mind at nearly two in the morning). It moved me to write something. Words just began forming sentences in my head so I decided to tack them out before I lost them in the sometimes unreachable recesses of my mind. 
It is thus far still pretty raw, but whatever. I never said this blog would hold perfectly polished thoughts.

Night,
V

Mileage

Home to New Jersey: 5 hours and 2 minutes (263 miles)

New Jersey to Home: 5 hours (264 miles)

Home to Kalamazoo, Michigan: 10 and ½ hours (650 miles)

Kalamazoo to Manistee: 3 hours (195 miles)

Manistee to Kalamazoo: 3 hours (184 miles)

Kalamazoo to Home: 10 and ½ hours (640 miles)

*Total mileage spent driving/riding in ten days (June 30^th-July 9^th): 2,196 miles

Total time spent in a car: 37 hours or 1 day and 13 hours

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Most of these times are estimates based on what Maps on my phone tells me, (because I can't quite remember the exact addresses of the places we stayed in certain areas) but as far as mileage, I'm pretty certain it's really close to accurate. After these ten days I was curious to see just how much ground I'd covered.

To put the distance somewhat into perspective, it would be like driving to Michigan from Virginia 3.378 times. (Virginia to Michigan, back down to Virginia, back up to Michigan, and almost halfway back to Virginia). What a trip that would be.

And yay math.

* - I didn't include little 10 mile trips (like from one house to another or to the beach and back) because it would only be little chunks. Granted, it would add to the overall total probably in a larger amount than I'm thinking, but I decided not to record all that. So, the total total is probably more than 2,196 miles. Oh well.