Outings - The Sunday Drive

It's probably the only time, the mom gets to pretend that you are the husband from the past life. The
Mom can yell at your driving skills better than anyone else, and she did it to Dad, now she's doing it to you.
Slowing down on a 'Sunday afternoon drive' is the paramount phrase no one thinks to use in this new
millennium. Youth, has more to do with speed in their mind, and therefore, the mom says, "You should slow
down."
My own comment, "That there are lots of folks behind my car." That only creates an argument from the
mom worth life itself.
This is the difference between 25 mph and 40 mph when the speed limit is 35 mph on a country road,
everybody else wants to go at least 40 mph on a two lane road.
Yet, the driver - me or possibly you, is never really sure of the need for slowing down. We dearly
hesitate to ask the senior parent why they wish us to slow down.

• Is it to take in the view?
• Is the motion and speed creating too much movement in your mind?
• Are you getting nauseous?

The mom never was a great driver and has not been out of her home in a more than a week. So, I
understand the value in this excursion into the world outside the home. The driver, me is wondering if she what
she is really feeling about the view and the 'Sunday Drive' process. Memories perhaps or just the vacation with
a chauffeur?
I never ask. I never ponder anything other than a place to pull over to let the guy who is on our bumper
pass.