Hitching a Ride

Last week we had practice up near the even bigger city and I really wanted to take a break from all that driving. Not only are long drives a complete drag, but I feel for the Mighty Fit and all the miles we put on it, not to mention wear on the snow tires, which at that time we had not yet replaced. I ended up asking our friends M&JR for a ride and they were more than happy to oblige since we live en route and they are the sort of people that will completely inconvenience themselves in order to help out. That's just the sort of generous and thoughtful people that they are, making yours truly feel inadequate.

I have to say, it was nice not having to drive, but it got me to thinking about not only how much driving we do, and believe me it's a lot, but how much stuff we have to haul in the Mighty Fit. I think about last year when we were skiing and had hockey practice afterward. It was crazy. We literally packed the Mighty Fit to the roof: we had three sets of skis and two snowboards along with all the required boots, two big hockey bags with sticks, my skates and stick (I was a coach), and an ice chest with lunch. It would have been nice, and still would be nice, to have a roof rack. We would head out to the ski hill and ski until early afternoon, then head over to the rink for ice time. It was a total drag unloading the Mighty Fit when we got home, but it also gave us a warm fuzzy feeling inside because we had such a fun-filled day.

It's a testament to how much you can get done if you just do it rather than simply fret about it and worry. When you do the latter you end up with nothing but a bad hair day, while if you just try, you have so much to potentially gain, especially if you're driving the Mighty Fit. We all know this from experience and yet we still allow negative emotions to prevent us from even trying. The power of negative thinking; it's funny, and maybe a little sad, how that works, isn't it?

Until the next time, thanks for reading, and thanks to Michael Martin for the pic.