2. Attending parties/gathering/ANYTHING in the suburbs and coming home to my own comfy bed afterward.
3. Going grocery shopping without anyone else!
4. Hanging out with my god daughter without worrying about her mother's schedule.
5. Attending Bible Study on Thursday nights!
6. Getting fast food in the freezing cold.
7. Getting something to eat that is farther than a 2 block radius when the restaurant does not deliver!
8. Not having to worry about these random dudes knowing exactly where I live when I go on first dates!
9. Responding to booty calls, getting up, and LEAVING afterward! (If I had any booty actually calling me....)
10. Not having to be on anyone else's schedule to do the things I want/need to do!
Though these may seem very small, they mean the world to me. For the duration of my life, I couldn't do any of these things, and it's made me feel small, immature, and incomplete. It's a horrible feeling to be working toward becoming a mature adult, while feeling like a totally dependent burden on my friends and family members. I've missed out on so many things I've wanted to do because I didn't want to burden my loved ones by asking to be included. No more of that!
Look at my baby! Isn't she a cutie pie! I've wanted an Altima since they first changed the body style in 2003. She's a 2005 with all of the amenities I said that my car MUST have (4 doors, Cruise control, power windows and door locks, and keyless entry... again, these seem trivial, but so many cars I've looked at before I bought her were missing at least one of these!)
I'm paying for her myself; I bought her myself with no help from anybody! This is such a confidence boost for me!
It's been a LONG time coming. I'm learning how to drive at the age of 23, because, though I've had my license since 18, the members of my family don't seem to trust one another with the usage of their cars, and because my mother doesn't feel the need to... oh, I don't know... Be a mother, so the only times she's referred to buying or helping me buy a car were during arguments or when she thought she had something to hold over my head. From her smart ass comments, I can tell that she's bitter that I did this myself and I did it completely and totally without her help.
I'm teaching myself to drive and I just can't escape this feeling of ultimate FREEDOM. I have such a sense of pride because this is ALL MINE and I thank God for blessing me with one of the major goals I wanted to accomplish during this year off before law school!
Now... To learn to park between cars parallel to the curb.....
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