ahead. If you can keep those paining orbs moving, you can squeeze out a few more miles before you have to shut it down. The real danger is closing them but convince yourself that they still are open and it isn’t just a dream that they still see the road ahead. The vibration of the gravel road side on the other side of the road brings home the reality that it was a dream that your eyes were open. The shock of realizing sleep just fooled you brings you to a sharp awareness. Trust me I know, it is the fourth time tonight it has happened to me. Numbness in my head is making it hard to see distinction between real and unreal. There are lights ahead, some sort of rest stop. I believe now is the time to pull over for a spell and catch a few winks. Not too many, got to keep going and I don’t have time for sleep. Why do they light up these rest stops so darn brightly? I have to cover my head with my shirt to block out the light. Seems stupid to me. Now that I have stopped. I might as well use the restroom. That is if it isn’t locked up. Well now, isn’t that my luck, its locked up. I don’t care. I’ll just go around back and do my business there. Odd, there is a ladder stuck in the ground that isn’t up against anything. It just goes up into the night sky. The shadow from the building makes it too difficult to see how high the ladder goes. How unusual. Why the hell is it here? What is it, a ladder to the moon?
Yes daddy, if we can find a ladder long enough, we can climb it and eat meatballs on the moon. I really want meatballs daddy. Everyone in my daycare knows the moon is made of meatballs. So can we do it? Yaaaeh daddy! We are going to try to find a ladder. I think if you find two ladders, we can carry one up with us and when we