I’ve never traveled so much in my life as I have with my current boyfriend.
Before, I was never able to afford the high cost of gas money and hotels on my own, so I didn’t get to see much of the world, but these days the situation has changed.
Because he’s a professional musician and instructor, my boyfriend gets to travel often for work in order to attend conferences and give clinics on his field of expertise. Since the cost of driving is covered by his paycheck, I get to ride along and see more of this country than I ever have before! We love our long road trips together and we have a normal set of traditions to get through the drive, including sour candies and funny podcasts. The only thing we haven’t really figured out yet is how to find a good compromise on the car’s interior air temperature while we’re on the road. See, my boyfriend is constantly pretty warm, and he wants to have the air conditioning running at a moderate level in order to cool himself down. I, on the other hand, tend to run cold. I also totally hate the feeling of cold air passing over my bare skin, so the air conditioning pouring out of the vents and directly onto my body is pretty unsettling for me. I try to keep warm with sweatshirts and blankets, using the layers to protect my skin from the cool AC flowing towards me, but then I encounter a new problem; I’m too hot from the warm sun streaming in through the window! I feel like I’m going through menopause.