I'm Home, Finally

Well, I'm sitting here (dying in the heat) in the car at a rest stop, waiting for Nana to finish walking Joey. We're, um, somewhere between North Carolina and New York. I'm actually about to drive in a minute. Actually, now. (And I just found out that we're in Baltimore.)

well, I'm done driving for the night because Nana is worried about me and here's the reason why:

We just got a call from my dad saying that my mom is in the hospital because she has a blood clot behind one of her knees. She was in a lot of pain for the past couple of days and she hasn't really been able to walk on it. She's has blood clots before that almost cost her and my little sister's (Abbey) life when she was pregnant with Abbey. It's scary to think about, because the chances of her surviving the pregnancy were extremely slim, and the chances of Abbey surviving were even slimmer. So, after Nana told me (after her conversation with dad), I was driving for another half hour, the whole time fighting back tears. I mean, they definitely caught it early, but it's still very frightening to think about.

You know how they say New Jersey is really polluted and all that jazz? Well, (this may or may not be related) I just noticed something about the clouds. The ones closer to the ground are really, really dark (I know they aren't dark due to weather because the clouds are separated and aren't piling up on each other like they do in storms -thank you 5th grade science project-) compared to the other clouds higher up in the atmosphere. It's like comparing the whiteness of a package of brand new, white socks to a pair of socks that are a few years old and are stained from the darker laundry while going through the wash. (I'm not a white sock expert, seeing as all of my socks are all sorts of colors, none of them are white.) Anyway, I'm curious to find out if the color of the clouds depends on the amount of pollution in the air. I mean, it's possible that the sun is in just the right spot to be causing a shadow on the clouds closer to the earth so they appear darker. And I know that a cloud could be over a state for only a couple hours, depending on the winds. "Then why did you just write a whole paragraph on it, Alex? You dunce!" (I know that's what you're thinking, go ahead and admit it!)

Well, I'm kind of in the mood to just listen to music and let it cheer me up, tell me "It's okay." and keep my mind lost for a few hours. (About one and a half hours and I'll be home!)