My car as my sanctuary

I think I’ve been on the road for about ten hours.  I’m sitting at my last charging stop.  I’ll sit here just a little longer than normal since this hotel doesn’t have overnight charging.  Interestingly, this stop is the first time ever that I have had to wait in line.  I’m impressed with how orderly it was.  I didn’t mind the wait though because it’s quiet in here.

I can sit back and just enjoy the scenery (which currently includes a palm tree).  I don’t need to bury myself in my phone to disassociate from the fear of whatever consequences could come from my ex-husband’s aggressive driving or from trying to balance validating his complaints enough he won’t start criticizing me without feeding into them too much that he spirals further.  Oh, and he would have really complained about the wait.  Controlling my reactions to idiot drivers and maintaining this peace even in busy traffic today has been a walk in the park compared to what I used to deal with.  And honestly, when you give people space, you don’t deal with even a fraction of what I saw my ex-husband deal with.

So I’m just going to enjoy this quiet in these last few moments of charging before I head to my hotel.  What a good day this was!  I hope the hotel restaurant is open for a Nee Year’s Eve drink and light meal.