Recently for my sport I had to take a sixteen hour bus ride to Alabama. This bus ride comes with a lot of silence and alone time even though you are surrounded with seventeen other girls. You tend to find yourself pondering a lot of things when it is dark in the bus and you are one of the last ones awake. A lot of questions popped up into my head as we were driving and I found a few of them intriguing.

1. How much longer will I be sitting in this two person seat?

Although I had a lot of room on this bus and was very grateful that we had a nice charter bus to drive such a long way, I was constantly asking myself when I was going to be able to get off, how long I had been on the bus, and what town we were in at the present moment? I was impatient.

2. I wonder how much food I have left in my bag?

Snacks are simple, you must bring them to survive. Also, I get angry when I am hungry and no one wants that.

3. What homework did I forget to bring?

Most of the time I will look around and see my teammates doing their homework and a slight panic rises over me as I think of the home work I should be doing. However, I always end up questioning if I even brought the homework I need.

4.Why haven’t I taken this time to communicate?

I also start to think about all the people I could be texting to or talking to in order to pass the time. When it comes to being on the bus it is a nice time to take to yourself. It’s kind of selfish really but I like thinking and writing to myself.

5. I wonder what they are doing?

I also start to think about the many people that are in my life, used to be in my life, or the one’s I want to be in my life. I start to wonder how they are, what they are doing, and when I can see them next. This can sometimes be a good thing and sometimes it can make the trip slightly more dreadful.

6. If I could eat anything right now, what would it be?

Answer: chipotle

7. Why do I do this to myself?

It’s simple, because I love what I am doing.