We’ve all been there. Deflated butt cheeks and face prints on the back of the bus from the crazy bus driver deciding to drag race the semi-truck next to us.

Or if we need to be somewhere at 6 o’clock, find something to hold onto because we’re going to get there at 5:59. Long bus trips are tough, so here are 10 pointers to survive the rough road:

1. Have headphones to ignore the person sitting in front of you who’s been laughing obnoxiously about the same thing for the past two hours.
2. Bring Duck-Tape if No. 1 doesn’t work.
3. Bring or buy food so you can cry while eating donuts and cry some more because you just remembered you still have another four hours until you get to the hotel.
4. Have a friend wake you up even when you look “comfortable” when you get to a gas station or an ice cream shop because having nobody wake you up to eat ice cream and telling you about it when you wake up is heart-breaking.
5. If you like yoga, the bus is the perfect place to try out crazy yoga poses. Sleeping on the bus isn’t very comfortable, so you might as well make it interesting. Just make sure you’re well-stretched so you don’t end up breaking your neck in the process.
6. Get used to getting a close-up of the seat in front of you or the floor when the driver tries to avoid that little Bambi in the highway.
7. If you are one of those people who gets carsick, take your meds … PLEASE! The ride will be very unfortunate for everyone if you don’t.
8. When the bus is full of chatter and laughter, you’re uncomfortable, really cold from the back of the bus yelling to turn off the heat and your eyes are bloodshot from not sleeping on the bumpy road you’ve been on for seven hours, avoid ingesting too much caffeine. Sleep, baby, that’s what you need.
9. Don’t forget the extra layers you may need for the four seasons on the bus. You’ll never know if you end up in spring, summer, fall or winter.
10. Lose your sense of smell. No matter if you’re on a bus with girls or guys or unfortunately both, you’ll suffocate in either body odor and feet or the hundred dollar Estée Lauder perfume that’s supposed to smell elegant and nice but actually smells like Febreze fabric spray.

If you want to survive the long bus trip without going completely insane, use these pointers to save you from the hours of torture.