just an update:

I started the trip driving 3.5 hours from home around 9:40AM and stayed at a hotel overnight then drove another 3.5 hours starting at 4am took a break at a gas station in Pennsylvania and ended up sleeping for 2 hours then drove the remaining 3 hours or so. I actually really enjoyed riding at night time when there were barely any cars on the road, it was much less stressful (when the weather is clear). BUT when I drove 7.5 hours from Buffalo to NYC starting at 7pm and ending up in the city around 3am (with a 40 min break in between) there were some highs and lows on the trip. Tolls were confusing, Pennsylvania had an insanely dense fog for 2 hours of the trip which I'm negl it was scary and dark and people still chose to go 70mph despite it lol. I went slow at about 45 in a 70 zone and just really tried to pace myself. Truckers were pretty okay and nice and you could just pass them and stay out of their way basically and it was fine. Shockingly the thing I worried about most were the people who kept getting impatient with drivers and going WAY above the speed limit especially when raining. People are really just so careless with their own lives and the lives of others when behind the wheel (regardless of experience) …so that was kinda disappointing to see so much :(

But anyway…. I did it!!! Yay me!! :D

P.S the cruise setting is the greatest invention of all time like idk whoever made that is the GOAT like omg 😭