My Father
Very few people can say that they've had the opportunity to take a cross country road trip with their father and sister. Even fewer people can claim that they went on a cross country road trip with their father and sister to pick up an above ground pool. The drive was twenty-nine hours with absolutely no traffic, stops, or food breaks, so the three of us had a lot of together time to look forwards to. On the drive up to Washington State, somewhere in New Mexico, my sister and I jokingly suggested that we should listen to the Hamilton soundtrack from beginning to end. We laughed at the idea, knowing our dad would loudly protest since musicals have never been his thing. He surprised us both when he readily agreed. Not only did he agree to the idea, he enthusiastically agreed to listen to two and a half hours of theatre music. My sister quickly hit play before he could change his mind. For the next two and a half hours, my sister and I sang, rapped, and explained Hamilton t