Independance Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For those who hate exclamation points, I'm sorry but I couldn't express my excitment in any other way.. for today.. actually tomorrow.. I am BUYING a CAR.

For those who don't know, I had a B-E-A-Yu-Tee-Full Kia whom I loved very dearly, but unfortunatly she met her end in front of Old Mill when she was impacted badly from the side by a little red junker. I'm not gunna lie.. I cried for a month after. Not only did I loose my car but I lost a hugggge sense of freedom. My dad asked why it was such a big deal seeing as four months before I was in the same situation: stranded aka car-less.. but to put in perspective for all those teen drivers: Imagine having NO car. I know that's not much of a description but when you go from having the independance of having your own car to all of a sudden relying back on the parentals for rides or bumming rides off of friends.. or. heaven forbid taking the bus.. you really start to appreciate the freedom you have in a set of keys.
So.. I am thankful for the past year I had without a car. Although it hurt my bank account to loose the car in the first place.. and now to replace it with another one.. it was nice to really see how much to apreciate something.. plus.. I have bad anxieties when I feel stranded.. I can't enjoy myself becuase I'm so stuck on the idea that I CANT be somewhere even if I wanted to. Eventually I got over that and now .. weirdly.. I appreciate being home more than I ever did cause I was never around to enjoy it.

So... in conclusion: I am thankful for the year I had as a carless teen but glad to be back in the club... and yes my new 99 Ford Escort that I am buying for 500 dollars (plus about a million more for the gas and insurance I will be paying on it) is a little on the junker side.. I feel that I will love it and cherish it and I am happy to have my on the road independance back :)

-rae