previous // May 21, 2004
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To say that I'm bouncy right now would be an utter understatement. Tomorrow, after I take the LAST, I'm heading southward to spend the weekend with DBF and meet his mom (sidebar: I really need a new nickname for him). Nervous? A bit. I'm awful at meeting parents. I've known L for 10 years and I still feel like a goober around her mom.
This weekend almost didn't happen. Mom is a tad overprotective (and that's putting it mildly) and isn't keen on her 23-year-old baby driving by herself over 4 hours. I took the immature route after I told her on Wednesday and bawled like a baby, OD'd on Nyquil, and didn't get out of bed till half way through Guiding Light yesterday. We did, however, cut a deal: I can go as long as I'm on my super duper utter best behavior ("What will his mother think of you since you're staying in his house?" not a direct quote but that's the gist of it; ridiculous, no?) and drive the van.
Ay, my poor car! It's running, I'll give it that. But my poor baby has a laundry list of issues. Noisy muffler, the brake light has been on since August I think, the check oil light stays on too long even though the oil's been changed several times, the lights in the dash that light up if I'm in park, drive, neutral, etc. have been out since November, the air conditioning fluid has been in need of charging since 2002, and the air conditioner just developed a darling rattling noise.
So Mom's wary of letting me take it. Point taken. So I'll be driving the Great Green Grocery Packer (read: the van, a Pontiac Montana, the short version). The only upside I can find in driving that monstrosity is it has a CD player, where my Linkinmobile only has an outdated tape deck. Fair enough, now I can rock out to Beastie Boys and Jimmy Eat World to my heart's content.
I have so much nervous energy right now. I don't know what to do with myself. I think I should be a good little teacher wannabe and look over sample essays so I don't crap out on the LAST tomorrow. Test is at 7 a.m. Who thought that was a good idea??
Giddy and loving it,
Thanks for reading,
Ter
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