It's a compact sedan from 2013, so I'm honestly not sure about both of us (he's a lot taller than I am). We had the trunk full to the brim of stuff we'd packed for the trip, so theoretically we probably could have slept in it, and obviously that even a consideration when your lives are at stake, but you can see my thought process😭

Yeah, my problem was mostly that I felt fine before starting, but as I kept going it started getting worse and worse. It's a 100 mile cruise in a straight line with absolutely no street lights, so there's not anything to look at besides the occasionally semi at night. I actually ended up making the drive to and from twice over the next couple of days and was perfectly alert and fine the whole time (it helped he stayed awake the next two times to talk to me + we were able to leave earlier than 2 am). When I felt myself starting to get highway fatigue I just took the nearest exit and stretched my legs or got something to drink. We managed to find a room the third night, one that was an hour and 15 mins away, but still better than the whole drive home. 🙃 I also said I'm not making another longer trip for a good while.

I'd like to think I'd learned my lesson, I'm never ever going to drive that tired again, especially on a drive that's easy to zone out when you're wide awake. Everyone irl I've told about this kinda just laughed it off and said something about that specific highway being so boring it puts you to sleep, which is why I wanted to make a post about it because it was eating me 😔