My Car
This is only the second car I’ve ever owned. The first was a 1990 Ford Ranger, black. The transmission died a noisy death and in 2002 my parents were gracious enough to pass this car on to me.
With almost 200,000 miles she still runs young, but her body shows rough around the edges. Certain doors don’t work right. I haven’t had a passenger mirror in years. Some would say, however backhanded, that she has character.
Earlier today I dropped the car off at my aunt’s place. My cousin will pick it up in a few days. I believe the transmission on his vehicle is in the middle of a death rattle, and it’s only fitting that this reliable old bag take up the cause of transporting a young gent around.
And there we have it. It’s all gone. Ehhh well, there are things, things which some members of my family would rather I leave with them than throw away. I’ll oblige. They’re with me here in Corning now as I begin this trip. I still have a few posts for the sidebar — a packing list and an overview of my international phone plan, at least — which I still intend to write. But as far as the calendar is concerned: The 100 days are over.
An unexpected benefit from this blog: Transferred anxiety. I told D a few days ago, by forcing myself to blog each day I worried more about finding the time to blog the throwaway than actually throwing something away. I stayed too busy to let anything sink in.
Without getting into unnecessary details, Friday night/Saturday morning brought about the culmination of a lot of that pent up anxiety spiked with a little physical pain. Thanks Eva, for helping me deal with it in the moment. And thanks to my awesome family and friends for your constant support. You all fucking rock.
Published on February 28, 2010
Have a safe trip, Caleb! Take photos of everything! Well, almost everything. ;)
Awwww,those are some nice words about your car.She will miss you,but not worry she will be taken care of. ;)
thanks Caleb, it was super generous of you too give me your car man. ill take good care of her for you, dont worry lol. I’ve never really had a reliable car so this will be a first for me and you made that possible. i wish you the best of luck on your journey too china. its pretty cool that your gunna get too do something that big in proportion.…(literally china haha).i cant even imagine the head stress you been gettin lately. well i have the good ol camary on the road in no time hehe. thanks cousin. much love