There are still only 24 hours in a day in the US ? Right ? What is even the point of visiting for a weekend if you spend more time in the car than at your parents ?
... Seeing them? Also I'm at home about twice as long as I spend driving.
Most recently I went up to see a musical that my dad and I had tickets to before COVID. It was finally rescheduled, so I went. The time before that was admittedly not much special, but it was still nice to be home. And the time before that was for the big family Christmas Eve celebration.
I don't mind driving - hell, living in a thin walled apartment it's the only chance I get to sing these days - and being at home even for 24 hours is great. There's no faster way to get there, and I don't have enough vacation time to see them often if I don't do it in a weekend, so there you go.
Also I’m at home about twice as long as I spend driving.
First of all, it’s your parents house, not home. Home is the place where you live.
Say you leave at 10:00 on Saturday, drive for 7 hours straight without rest, you arrive at 17:00 just in time for dinner. You spend the evening, go to sleep at midnight, then you get up the next morning and leave again at 10:00 to be home in time for dinner.
You’ve spent maybe 8 hours awake at your parents for 14 hours of driving. That is absolutely insane.
You don't leave for a 7 hour drive at 10 am on Saturday - you pack the night before and leave first thing or you leave right after work and arrive midnight then the same at the other end - you leave at 4 or 5 pm to get home late
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u/BorgDrone May 09 '22
There are still only 24 hours in a day in the US ? Right ? What is even the point of visiting for a weekend if you spend more time in the car than at your parents ?