> Ever have a completely irrational desire slowly occupy more and more of your thoughts? It's a good thing I am temporarially deprived of a car and access to good public transportation, or I would have left work this morning for the open road.
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> In hindsight, I can see that I've had the desire to wander for well over a year now, but I've really only noticed it as it has become more pronounced over the past few months. It's not that I'm unhappy where I am; in fact I'd probably prefer to stay in DC for grad school. I do, however, want to leave it behind for some vague period of time, not to settle anywere else, just to drive and walk and journey.
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> I call the desire irrational since I'm not particularly unsatisfied with my life or surroundings; I simply feel the need (seemingly more and more each day) to grab a friend or two, ample music, and little else and drive until I'm tired, then stay in a cheap motel and repeat the next day. (Sorry for the run-on sentence)
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> Anyone else have this experience in their early twenties?

Yes. Also in my late twenties, my early thirties, my teens, and my whatever you call it when you're about eight to ten years old. I don't call it irrational, I call it a lot of fun. Once you've got a car and a small amount of money, and you've done it a few times, you'll stop feeling like it's something weird and just start enjoying it.