March 31, 2011
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Driving
When I first came back to the states in July 2009, the one thing I was NOT looking forward to was getting back into the driver's seat. I even put off buying a car as it seemed that my mom and my sister were both more than willing to drive me where I needed to go and I used the money for traveling (seems to be where my priorities are). However, after a year, I was to start hosting a foreign exchange student and knew that I needed a car. So, my brother got on Craig's list and helped me find one about four days before she arrived. She was really looking forward to getting her driver's license and I was looking forward to having her practice by driving me around because that is how much I hated driving (notice the past tense). Well, as the months have gone by, and I have driven more and more I realized that I actually like driving...wow! Was I becoming a 'true' American? In November, I decided that I wanted to take C. to Seattle and asked my aunt and uncle if we could crash at their place. I even decided to take my car and give C. the practice driving at the same time. I enjoyed the trip so much--even the driving that I decided to take more road trips when possible. Last weekend, C and her friend visiting from Switzerland and I traveled to Minneapolis, Minnesota to go to the Mall of America. I have the added privilege of working from home, so the girls can shop during the day while I work and it has been wonderful. I have decided to turn this blog into a 'road trip' blog and chronicle our road trips from the past year and into the future. My mom and I are talking about road tripping together to Houston Texas next fall so that she can go to the international Aglow convention and I'm scheming even more trips as I can travel somewhere over the weekend, work at my destination as long as I have internet connection and then travel back the next weekend. I have an awesome job!
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