We left the house with three or four bottles of
wine and a bag of side dish in the car. We drive aimlessly from place to place.
As it gets dark, we enjoy the taste of a cup of wine in a lodging.
We passed the Holland Tunnel and entered New
Jersey. Through Pennsylvania, he drove down to West Virginia and ran the
skyline of Shenandoah National Park. After running for a while, there was
little excitement in the forest. We should have come in autumn, when the maple
is in full bloom.
We had to find a place to stay, looking at the
slowly darkening sky. After running for a while on the side road, fortunately,
before darkness fell, we found a lodging. Soothe our tired body with a few
glass of wine, and my husband laid back his sitting position and fell asleep.
The next morning, my husband wanted to keep
going south. I persuaded him to drive east. On the way to Annapolis, Virginia,
where the Naval Academy is located, we stopped by the Arlington National
Cemetery in Washington D.C. to see the cemetery. After then he couldn't find
the highway to Annapolis. He couldn't find the way, so he drove the same road
again and again for about an hour. The problem began here.
I become a navigator when my husband drives.
Even if I ask him to buy a real navigator, he never buy it. “Have you ever seen
an article that someone believe in the Navigator was buried in the snow and
died? It's not a good idea to live too much on electronic civilization.” he
said, vehemently opposed it. "Shall I go out and ask?" He had no
answer. My husband who drives hates it the most. 'Stop over there. I will ask,'
he ran at greater speed.
A long time ago, my husband got lost the way
while visiting friend's house with a acquaintance. He kept running. Whenever I
say "shall I go out and ask," there is a strange stubbornness that he
angry and speeding. In the end, by the time the drinking party was over, we
were able to reach the house. The angry acquaintance that rode with us said,
"I'm not a person if I take your car in the future."
Reminding him of the time, I said, "Why
won't you let me ask? Pull over the car." I heard that not asking for
directions is a common chronic disease among Korean men inherited from their
ancestors.
My husband tires the person next to him to
recover his self-respect by finding his way to the end alone. He hasn’t found a
way out in two hours.
We arrived in Annapolis in silence and walked out
of the car. We walked apart. Pastel-colored houses, decorated with flowers from
alley windows, were so romantic. A pub far away from the dock, and a vast
expanse of sea that stretched beyond it, made me exhausted and stifled.
Why should I drink? The moment I pour a glass of
alcohol into my mouth, my head is bowed like fallen leaves in the rain.