Ready, Aim, Fire!
Long story short:
I had a real job in Washington. It blew. I quit.
I applied to grad school. I applied to the University of Arizona for no particular reason. They offered me a sweet deal. I accepted.
Then I was like, CRAP, that's far away. I had to get there somehow.
It could've been a big huge pain in the ass, driving all the way across the country, or somehow shipping my car, or selling it, or...
We've had this book in the bathroom for a long time: The Bad Girl's Guide to the Open Road. I always read it and thought it sounded like fun, but it wasn't me.
How wrong I was.
The plan started to come together. I grabbed my two best girlfriends. Betsy, my sis, didn't have to start school for another few weeks, and Liz, in the process of quitting her job, had lots of unused vacation time. They were game. We decided to do it. Drive. And not one of those non-stop nap in the backseat deals. There was stuff to see.
I had a few stops in mind. They had some ideas too. I got some maps. We had some credit cards, a couple of ipods, and a whole lot of ridiculosity.
We got snacks. trailmix. cherries. peanut butter. wheat wonderbread. graham crackers. tab energy drink.
The players:
Me, Amy. I worked in a neuroscience lab at Georgetown University, but I was miserable, so I quit to work on my novel and work at Barnes and Noble. The reason for the trek is my relocation to Tucson, where I'm going to start an MFA program in the fall.
Betsy, my sister. She graduated from Oberlin in December, lived with me in DC for the spring while she worked at the Human Rights Campaign organizing a speaking tour for George Takei, and now she's getting ready to go to nursing school. She's living in Boston this year, taking science classes. She and I drove a large rented van ("Vincent") to Boston a few weekends ago.
Liz, my best friend. We met in high school, where we were fellow outcasts at a school full of Barbie dolls. Betsy and I were wearing tinsel crowns on our birthday and she was intrigued. Liz has been working for Planned Parenthood for the last year, and is going to the Univeristy of Minnesota in the fall to start a doctoral program in American Studies.
I'm gonna let you know how it turned out.
Now, I gotta come clean. The trek is over, and I'm in Tucson now. We didn't so much have internet access while we were on the road. But I'm going to tell you all about what happened, and when, and where. So you can pretend that it's happening now, and be glad that we weren't so lame as to stay married to our laptops while we were out having a blast.
Stay tuned!!
I had a real job in Washington. It blew. I quit.
I applied to grad school. I applied to the University of Arizona for no particular reason. They offered me a sweet deal. I accepted.
Then I was like, CRAP, that's far away. I had to get there somehow.
It could've been a big huge pain in the ass, driving all the way across the country, or somehow shipping my car, or selling it, or...
We've had this book in the bathroom for a long time: The Bad Girl's Guide to the Open Road. I always read it and thought it sounded like fun, but it wasn't me.
How wrong I was.
The plan started to come together. I grabbed my two best girlfriends. Betsy, my sis, didn't have to start school for another few weeks, and Liz, in the process of quitting her job, had lots of unused vacation time. They were game. We decided to do it. Drive. And not one of those non-stop nap in the backseat deals. There was stuff to see.
I had a few stops in mind. They had some ideas too. I got some maps. We had some credit cards, a couple of ipods, and a whole lot of ridiculosity.
We got snacks. trailmix. cherries. peanut butter. wheat wonderbread. graham crackers. tab energy drink.
The players:
Me, Amy. I worked in a neuroscience lab at Georgetown University, but I was miserable, so I quit to work on my novel and work at Barnes and Noble. The reason for the trek is my relocation to Tucson, where I'm going to start an MFA program in the fall.
Betsy, my sister. She graduated from Oberlin in December, lived with me in DC for the spring while she worked at the Human Rights Campaign organizing a speaking tour for George Takei, and now she's getting ready to go to nursing school. She's living in Boston this year, taking science classes. She and I drove a large rented van ("Vincent") to Boston a few weekends ago.
Liz, my best friend. We met in high school, where we were fellow outcasts at a school full of Barbie dolls. Betsy and I were wearing tinsel crowns on our birthday and she was intrigued. Liz has been working for Planned Parenthood for the last year, and is going to the Univeristy of Minnesota in the fall to start a doctoral program in American Studies.
I'm gonna let you know how it turned out.
Now, I gotta come clean. The trek is over, and I'm in Tucson now. We didn't so much have internet access while we were on the road. But I'm going to tell you all about what happened, and when, and where. So you can pretend that it's happening now, and be glad that we weren't so lame as to stay married to our laptops while we were out having a blast.
Stay tuned!!
posted by Amy at 8:24 PM
1 Comments:
Man, this is awesome! Getting front screen seats to such a voyage as it happens.
well.. ish. tenses fail me.
i look forward to the journey :)
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