John Sackreiter Driving : Photo taken
by Jonathan Adams

I really loathe Sundays. I am always restless in knowing that the next five consecutive days will be devoted to my day job. I try to read, to write, maybe do a little shopping, but that impending doom is always there tapping me on the shoulder so I couldn’t possibly forget that this is my last day of freedom for the week. For me it is like being a kid and dealing with the last day of summer break. I know this is a horrible attitude to have and in fact I am just wasting my day off worrying. So, let’s just say I am working on the very root of the problem.

I have come up with a fix that lets me get my mind off the coming week, and that is simply going for a drive. This is something I have been doing since I first got my license. I just take off in the car get outside the city limits; find some winding country road and just drive. Windows down, alone, just drive. Down to the river, past the cornfields, under the canopy of trees. It’s funny how much calmer I feel doing this, and I don’t suppose it is something I can totally explain. Although I do think it all goes back to my love of travel and movement. In those moments when I am driving I can be headed anywhere, I can forget, I can be lost and like it.