I left my home state for college. I'm originally a Georgia girl, but I found the atmosphere of Jacksonville State Univerity in Alabama too good to pass up when I was applying for schools. I love being here, but I find myself missing my family quite a lot.

Luckily, I didn't move across the country, just across state lines. I don't have to hop a plane to visit my family, thank goodness, but I do have to make a 3-hour drive to see them. While that doesn't seem like such a long drive in retrospect, it's a long time to be alone with your thoughts. And so I present to you, random thoughts I have driving home.

1. "Class is done for the week, and it's family time!"

2. "You know, a 3-hour drive isn't that bad. I mean, I just spent 3 hours in class and feel awesome!"

3. "Wait, did I remember to pack my charger?"

You know what? I didn't...there's got to be an extra one at home, though...

4."Did I remember to pack my homework?"

Nope. Forgot that too. Well, it's not like I was actually going to get around to it this weekend.

5. "Should I turn around and get them?"

I'm already 30 minutes away, though...

6. "I'm hungry!"

7. Ugh, why can't this station play anything good!"

8. "Low tank!?!"

I just filled up a few days ago! Or was it last week...

9. "Oooh, Zaxby's!"

10. "McDonald's!"

11. "A Subway!"

12. "Taco Bell!"

Wait, I don't even like Taco Bell...Man, I'm hungry!

13. "Why's that jerk going 10 under the limit?!?"

14. "Oh...It's a little old man..."

Sorry, little old man! You're not a jerk!

15. "I get to see Grandpa when I get home! Score!"

16. "And I can go see my best friend!"

17. "And I get to go see my little brother march!"

18. "I wonder if my best friend wants to go see my little brother march with me?"

19. "Oh wait, she's out of town for college too..."

I guess that means I don't get to see her this time...*internal crying*

20. "Someone hit a puppy!"

*external crying*

21. "How has it only been an hour!"

22. "Did I remember to lock the door?"

I guess I'm living dangerously for the weekend.

23. "Oh. The gas light is on now."

24. "Why is gas so expensive?!?"

I could get 5 Little Caesar's pizzas for the same price! That could feed me for a week!

25. "Oooh, the gas station has food!"

I need chips and a kit-kat bar and those hot dogs smell amazing! *drool*

26. "Okay, back on the road! Only an hour and a half to go!"

27. "I'm getting sick of driving..."

28. "My hips hurt."

Did they hurt like this last time I drove home?

29. "I guess I'm getting old."

30. "Why did I choose a college so far away?"

31. "Oh no! A cop!"

Just act casual. I'm not speeding or anything.

32. "What if he can tell I drank last night!?!"

33. "Wait, I'm 21 now..."

34. "Bohemian Rhapsody!!!!!"

35. "Would Freddie Mercury be alive today if AIDS didn't exist?"

36. "How did AIDS start again?"

I vaguely remember something about a monkey from Biology.

37. "How did Ebola start for that matter?"

38. "What happened to the Ebola panic?"

It's all that was in the news for a year and then nothing. I'm going to look that up when I get home.

39. "Did I pack my computer?"

Nope...

40. "Only 30 minutes left. Definitely too late to turn around."

41. "I wonder what Daddy's fixing for supper?"

42. "Pizza sounds good..."

So does chicken and steak and lasagna and meatloaf...

43. "Damn it! I'm hungry again!"

44. "Oh look, my high school!"

45. "Ugh! It never took this long to get home from high school!"

Did they lengthen the roads? Are the drivers here slower?

46. "The elementary school!"

Do I need to pick my little brother up?

47. "Wait...he's a freshman in high school now..."

48. "He's growing up too fast!"

*more internal sobbing*

49. "Yay! It's our street!"

50. "Home again. That wasn't bad at all!"