Chris Maul - Lakeland, FL to Hattiesburg, MS - October 2016

I don’t need the world to know my name; it doesn’t matter if they did.

I don’t need to leave this small town, don’t matter where I’m at.

I’ll be alright, with or without the things I’ve been searchin’ for.

I don’t need to pay the credit due, no there is none.

Cause I’m happy being me the most, 

When I let what makes me happy go,

And I’ve finally learned what I need to know,

I am happier with nothing.

~ Scott Avett Untitled #4

I just realized that I have not done my personal Virginia Whiskey report. This may take awhile, so either stop reading now or endure the torture of a 40 year old’s dream to have a VW Bus.

You see I relate my life to chunks of time that I consider “resetting points.” We go through a number of the points in our lives, but most of us never realize that we’ve even “reset” ourselves. Most people just go on their daily routine, maybe they do a small reset and keep moving on. I use to be that person until recently. Maybe I’m having a midlife crisis or something, but I look back on the past 40 years, yes I sad 40 years. Have I really been alive that long?! Anyway I look back on this crazy life that I’ve lived and I think of the moments that rest me.

My list of RESET points through my life:

Daytona Beach, FL (where I was born)

Lakeland, FL (where I grew up)

Combee Elementry

Moving from 1234 Reynolds Rd

Carlton Palmore Elementary School

Mrs. Gunter’s class

Space Shuttle Challenger explosion

Moving from 1315 Glenview Ln

Baseball

Brevard College

Rock Climbing

Marijuana

Melanie Bedenbaugh

Southern Miss/Hattiesburg, MS

NK6

Sig Ep - Frat life

Flunking out of college

9/11

Solitude

Tour Life

Back to USM

Graduating from Southern Miss

Marriage

Marathon

Teaching and hating it

Ruby

Jenny’s depression

My depression

Ironman

Teaching and actually loving it

Wanting to walk away…

Finding out…

Realizing that Jenny and Ruby are what makes me who I am, and that I need nothing else but them to be happy.

Buying the bus

Michael Simmons

The Avett Brothers

Alcoholism

MUSIC!!!!!!

When I first started this list, I was going to write about each topic. That was before I realized that this list was going to be this long. What I did realize while compiling this list is that there are a number of resetting points that make us who we are. There are both good and bad points of my life listed here. The high and the low points are what have made me who I am today, and I would not trade any of them for anything. I am sure that the list will keep growing as I age. Hopefully for the better, but I am prepared to see what the next chapter for this book called life has in store for me.

I am so glad that I followed my dream of buying this bus and fixing her up. She is a few years older than me, and I wish that I knew her story. I plan on sharing a lot of stories from the road with her. I am looking forward to creating new stories with Jenny and Ruby in Virginia. I also plan on posting a few stories by myself with Virginia. Time to let this old girl reset herself and start back over. We look forward to meeting new friends and invite you all to leave your mark on Virginia. We will catch you on the road….

I am happier with nothing...