Driving is... fun?

Well, its time for the post I've been wanting to write for awhile now. I always feel like writing this WHILE I'm driving and then am not so keen on it when I get where I'm going. Plus I know it might take awhile, and I have some time to write since its a weekend... Its was such a long week. I'm hoping this next one goes a bit smoother.

Anyway. Driving. Ever since Driver's Ed, when I had a not good teacher, I've hated to drive. And I'm OK with driving by myself, cause I can do something dumb and not be totally embarrassed. But I really disliked driving with other people, plus its distracting. I guess I don't really know why I hated it so much... definitely had something to do with being nervous because of all the bad drivers out there!

I have never gotten a ticket (pulled over once for expired registration, doh) or been in an accident that was my fault. I have been in 4 or 5 accidents while riding in someone else's car, and that's always scary. The one time I enthusiastically volunteered to drive my best friend and I to Blockbuster, I was thinking, yeah, this'll be fun, look at me, I like to drive. And then some stupid lady hit me. I had a green arrow to turn onto a road that only had one lane going that direction, and she wanted to turn right onto that same road. Problem was, she couldn't decide whether she wanted to go before me, or after. So she started to go, and I slowed my turn so she could just go. Then she slowed down, so I kept going, and when I got onto the road she went and bumped the side of my car. Duh! Ugh. That was an easy one to win with the insurance. My friend made fun of me when I was shaking from it (it wasn't that bad or anything) and she had to help me get things like my insurance together for the cop, but I guess she forgot that when SHE got in an accident, which was admittedly much worse, I helped her. Oh well. :)

Its my best friend's (from high school, we really haven't hung out much since then) birthday today too. I don't know how to get ahold of her. Happy Birthday!!

So. Fast forward, I've been driving on the freeway to work. It just wasn't feasible to go any other way. I've always avoided the freeway cause I didn't like going that fast, and people are nuts (there ARE rules when there are 2 lanes!! If you're going slow, stay on the right! Geez!). But now, once I start driving, I actually feel like I'm having fun! Friday night I was driving and thinking "fun fun!". It was weird. Driving provides me with time that I can just think about whatever, and listen to music.

So the thing I need now is a good car. Mine is alright, but the lack of cruise control gets to me... and its just so little and silly. Its a bright green 1994 Ford Escort hatchback. I have quite a few cars in mind that I'd like to go for. Top of that list are a Mazda 3 or 6, and I'd have to get dark grey. Other ones are: Jetta, Scion TCs are pretty cool, I like the new Honda Civic Hybrid, always liked Imprezas... Yeah, we'll see how that goes. I know that one of my mom's friends would like to have my car (it gets great gas mileage and I have had very few problems with it) so there's a possibility I could actually get something for selling it (I didn't think it would be worth much) and my mom likes driving it too.

I've been feeling kinda down lately, just because I haven't been feeling well and I don't really have friends here in Boise to hang out with. When I move closer to my work in February, I'll be closer to my friends in Caldwell, and that will be good. Last night I was in Caldwell, and really didn't want to leave to come to my apartment and be by myself. But once I started driving, I felt a lot better, and by the time I got to Boise I was happy. And I managed to get a lot done, which is amazing. I've been in that funk where I'm just so tired and I can't get anything done.

I think I had something else in mind to talk about, but this will be it for now. I have a couple ideas for future posts, so look forward to those. And I'm still working on my new site! I really hope I can get that up and running soon!!