No, I didn't decide to be all super-healthy and start running 26 miles every day. But it sure felt it when I was driving my folks over to Providence, RI, to help my sister move into her university, Brown. A 10 hour drive it was, and it certainly wasn't nice to my car. It racked up a neat 1.5k+ miles (including two trips to Cape Cod and back to Providence), and a ton of scratches from packing and moving stuff, not to mention a 4.2 cu ft fridge that we had to return for another smaller 1.5 cu ft fridge, which didn't cool down enough and was returned for another 1.5 cu ft fridge. Plus a new couch, "desk" chair, a 25-pound mirror, and a 9'x5' rug, just to some some fun things that begged for a pickup truck or a minivan, but had to be crammed into my Toyota Camry. Now I know why Americans love pickup trucks so much.
Other than that, Cape Cod was nice. Granted, I only spent maybe 15 minutes on a 2-hour drive each way. They had good seafood, too. And chowdah.
I'll most likely be visiting that area pretty often, since my mom wants to check up on my sister personally, and I'm the only person who can make that drive without anything bad happening. Not sure if I'm up for it, though. It's a real killer. Takes up the whole weekend and it left me completely exhausted. 20+ hours driving..... yeah. Maybe I should just move to Boston or NYC and really cut down on the driving distance and time. But that'd require me to get into medical school... somehow....
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