Conclave: The Final Stretch!
As fun as I have on road trips, I’ll be honest, there is a certain point on drives longer than 6-8 hours where we all just get exhausted. It’s usually a little before or after midpoint. The first hour or so, the giddiness of the trip consumes your attention and conversation with fellow passengers. Then at about hour 2 there tends to be a break in conversation and either you turn on some music or listen to the audio book you so smartly packed in your bag. At some point during the trip, you will stop for a snack/gas/potty break. Right before midpoint, you suddenly start thinking in fractions—we’ve driven 1/3 of the distance already (as if this is an accomplishment).
And then comes the lull. You realize that there is still 45 minutes until your next fractional achievement (2/3 seems so far away), you realize that you’ve listened to this song three times already, or you just run out of topics to talk about.
On our family road trips back during my childhood, my mom was always good at warding off the lull. It’s like she knew that in less than a minute a simultaneous whine would emerge from the lips of all three of her children if she didn’t rectify the situation immediately, so she’d suggest a game. And suddenly an hour had passed, you had completely missed the 2/3 mark (darn!) and maybe—just maybe—dad decided that we’d pull over and let us take a brief break.
With Student Conclave literally days away we’re in the final stretch. The lull passed us and now we’re simply counting down mere hours until the big event (48 and counting, yee!).
But it’s not too late! If you haven’t registered you can still register on-site in Baltimore. If you still haven’t decided whether you’re attending, call up your friends and classmates and see if anyone is going and if you can squeeze into their car. If you don’t know of anyone going, or all the cars are filled to maximum capacity, gather some friends and get on the road!
I’ll be at registration and wandering around snapping photos on Friday, so I will see you there! Right? Right!