01/03/18 Inner Journal -What I’ve learned thus far
This far I have learned that I am
not an efficient packer. I have
costochondritis so anytime I lift something heavy or move something heavy it
inflames the cartilage in between my ribs.
I knew this was going to be difficult to avoid being on my own and having
so much luggage. Usually I have my
husband and my kids to help me out. The
train station expected me to lift all my luggage on this tiny yellow step stool
to get onto the train. Not to mention it
was slushy outside from the snow so my feet were wet, not making a good
combination with a metal step stool. I
made it aboard. I for sure thought I was
in the clear and then they told me to go around the corner and up the
stairs. STAIRS??!!! Did they see how much luggage I was
carrying? Did they see my size? It wasn’t just a couple stairs straight up it
twisted and turned! Finally, I just
collapsed in my seat. They were not that
horrible of a space, roomier than I remember.
I am thankful that I get to sit next to my bestie. Hope we’re still besties by the end of this
trip😊. I
try to settle down for the night, which is morning. I was so hot and worked up from carrying
everything that I just tossed and turned for hours. My stomach was hurting, the more I thought
about how long I was going to be on the train the more anxious I got. The thought crossed my mind that maybe I had
motion sickness. Then I got more nervous. How was I ever going to make it to New
Orleans and back feeling like this. When
I finally was afraid I was going to throw up I went to the restroom. I did not know that people were getting ready
to get off the train at a stop. I had to
stand down stairs for 10 minutes before I could get a clear path to the
bathroom. Yet another tight area. The train is a much smoother ride down
below. I sat in the bathroom for quite
some time just trying to get my stomach settled. I may or may not have drifted off to sleep
for 10 minutes. Flushing that toilet
scared me! When you flush it doesn’t go
down right away so you think it isn’t working then it is extremely loud and
sucks it down real fast. When I felt
like my stomach was in the clear I went back to my seat where I tossed and
turned the rest of the night. There was no
temperature regulation. I was
suffocating one minute and freezing the next.
My foot would fall asleep, then my arm.
I’d wake myself snorting, which I was later told by my friends I had my
neck cranked all the way back. I was
probably chocking in my sleep and waking myself up. Finally dawn broke. People began to bustle around. I am sore today. Sore from hauling my luggage, sore from
tossing and turning in my seat, and sore from trying to maintain my balance on
this bumpy train ride. On the plus side I
do not think I have motion sickness! I believe
it was just a combination of taking my medicine, being up way past my bedtime
and feeling pure exhaustion. What
adventure will the rest of this train ride bring?
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