*sniffles*

[tarotgal]

Parents just came and took my old van away. They're attempting to drive it home on the interstate... but they're taking 2 cars so if the van breaks down while Mom's driving, Dad will be there to be sure it gets taken care of (they don't have cell phones, we're an old fashioned family)

Sooooo sad to see the van go! I'm, like, crying! It's been so loyal and sweet... er, aside from the door falling off in my hands. It made it across country and back, coast-to-coast, so many times *sniffles* I took photos. Man... I'm going to miss it! My sweet old van *sniffles*

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[tarotgal]

Oohh good luck! :-) Course you have to drive first... but that's just a matter of time. I keep having to prod my sister- she's 17 now and still doesn't have her permit(but she's taking the test next week). But I was 20 when I finally took my road test, so I can't push too hard *G*

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You should move to VA(just kidding about the move, really, don't, I hate this state right now LOL!)
But we don't have to parallel park for our road test. The road test was a heck of a lot easier than driving with my mother, and MUCH easier than taking behind the wheel(which I didn't have to take because of my age, I just wanted the experience of driving with an instructor). My road test was a lot easier than I thought it would be, thank goodness. I would be dead if I'd had to parallel park back then, though! I can do it, but not under pressure... and sometimes it takes me a few tries to get in and close enough to the curb.

My new car- well, she didn't let me have it, parents sold it to me for $4,500- so I've got another loan to deal with now. It's a silver Honda Civic, 2-door, 1996 (so better than an '89 minivan!) It's an EX model and has all those nifty features like a sun roof and stuff. My biggest challenge is remembering to drive with my hands at the bottom of the steering wheel- I've never had a car with air bags before. It's taking some getting used to.

The van just got $725 work on it, so the door and window are fine now, and it looks a lot better. Parents are giving it to my sister to drive to school and back to build up her responsibility(which, er, needs to happen). So it's still in the family for a while yet.

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Airbags- well, they weren't exactly installed in most cars back in 1989, which is how old the van is. It's perfectly legal to drive a car without an airbag- I think you just can't manufacture a car without one nowadays. Air bags are a relatively new invention in the automotive industry, after all :-)

I don't know much about cars either... and I don't really care how they work as long as they run all right. THough my new car does look very pretty. :-)

Yeah, you've mentioned a number of times that you're in PA. It's beautiful up there. My parents want to retire on a farm in PA many years from now. My boyfriend is from Harisburg PA and spent some childhood in Philly.
UG! UVA is my rival college! *grrrr!* I hate it with a passion! *growl!* My two best friends went there, though. When I got the car from my friend, I did a ceremonial removal of the UVA sticker from the back window *G* heehee Then stomped on it. My mother took pictures... twas her idea to stomp- she went to UVA for undergrad, hated it, dropped out, and finished up at Michigan :-) There's a nice healthy tradition of hating that school in my family now *G*
But yeah, I live in VA. I grew up in Northern Virginia, just outside of Washington D.C.(so don't go thinking I'm a southern hick or something! lol!) Lived in VA most of my life. But the conservativeness is really starting to get to me... I really need to move somewhere liberal... away from all the racism and religious nuts you get in southern VA, especially. But I suppose it could be worse. I could be living in Georgia or Alabama or something.

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My boyfriend's uncle owns a pub/bar (a bar that's made to be like an English pub) in Philly. We've been up there a few times- it's a fun town- always something going on. And the countryside's just gorgeous :-) No worries about the repeat. I tend to pick up on things like that and store them in my memory... then forget all the important stuff LOL Think it was probably back when it was snowing all the time. I dunno. Doesn't matter. :-)

I go to Virginia Tech (or, if you like, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), former home of Michael Vick, the football player, and a whole host of other famous people no one's really ever heard of LOL(ex-ever see the movie October Skies? Homer went to VT). UVA and VT are HUGE rivals. But that's because they're stuck up snobs who need to put down somebody to make themselves feel better ;-) We're the normal ones :-) Just two different worlds, you know? And I don't fit into theirs at all(and frankly I don't have that kind of money!) I went to VT because it's more technical, and has a much better computer science department(which was my major). VT was also the only state school in VA with a minor in Creative Writing. So it was an easy choice for me :-)
But both my best friends went there, so there's constant rivalry among us whenever anyone mentions out colleges :-) They constantly insult my school's mascot... but again, I don't mind because their school sucks and they just have to put us down to feel better about themselves! heehee!

Ohh, I've heard of West Chester. Hope it's a lot of fun now and in a year when you go full-time. And it's nice that it's so nearby and in a great location. :-)