Moving out...

Post by **Catspaw** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:17 pm

Jonathan wrote:
Lizzy wrote:Oh dear Jonathan, I sincerely hope you drive with her instead of making her follow you in a separate vehicle... I know from experience how scary THAT can be *shivers*
*chuckles* Run one red light, and you pay for it forever

I think there's a saying: people who ran a stop sign on their driver's test shouldn't throw stones at people who missed seeing a red light.

Arwen, I hope that everything is going well! I'm sure that it will all seem crazy for a while, but as you make friends and get settled into a routine, it will be better. Of course, long phone calls home are a necessity! $\:D/$

Lizzy · Post by **Lizzy** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:21 pm

Jonathan wrote:
Lizzy wrote:Oh dear Jonathan, I sincerely hope you drive with her instead of making her follow you in a separate vehicle... I know from experience how scary THAT can be *shivers*
*chuckles* Run one red light, and you pay for it forever

Well it might depend on who's around when you run a light... and as for Catspaw's comment... I don't think hitting the tree on your driveway is any smarter than running a stop sign as a result of nerves. Besides the driving instructor was more interesting to look at than the stop sign. $\:D/$

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:10 am

Well, this thread just got much more interesting

(though I very vaguely remember hearing those stories before)

hubcap · Post by **hubcap** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:21 pm

Hah... I am planning on going to a university in the Dallas area (that means that COT will probably pester me. 0_o No complaints there.) which is more than 20 hours from where I live right now. I have a little less than a year. It is sneaking up on me.

Hope · Post by **Hope** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:38 pm

Jonathan wrote:
Lizzy wrote:Oh dear Jonathan, I sincerely hope you drive with her instead of making her follow you in a separate vehicle... I know from experience how scary THAT can be *shivers*
*chuckles* Run one red light, and you pay for it forever

do you think you will ever live that down? i dont think so

JesusIsAlive · Post by **JesusIsAlive** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:03 pm

Hope wrote:
Jonathan wrote:
Lizzy wrote:Oh dear Jonathan, I sincerely hope you drive with her instead of making her follow you in a separate vehicle... I know from experience how scary THAT can be *shivers*
*chuckles* Run one red light, and you pay for it forever
do you think you will ever live that down? i dont think so

That's not quite as bad as driving up onto the curb while parallel parking on your drivers test...

hubcap · Post by **hubcap** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:26 pm

Hope wrote:
Jonathan wrote:
Lizzy wrote:Oh dear Jonathan, I sincerely hope you drive with her instead of making her follow you in a separate vehicle... I know from experience how scary THAT can be *shivers*
*chuckles* Run one red light, and you pay for it forever
do you think you will ever live that down? i dont think so

That's right, Hope! You keep that grudge! Bad Jonathan!

I mean... sounds like there is a story there...

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:57 pm

hubcap wrote:
Hope wrote:
Jonathan wrote:
Lizzy wrote:Oh dear Jonathan, I sincerely hope you drive with her instead of making her follow you in a separate vehicle... I know from experience how scary THAT can be *shivers*
*chuckles* Run one red light, and you pay for it forever
do you think you will ever live that down? i dont think so
That's right, Hope! You keep that grudge! Bad Jonathan! I mean... sounds like there is a story there...

*likes telling stories* Yes there is ^_^

At the Minnesota Convention (over two years ago already) we decided to all go to church together the next morning (which happened to be Sunday). Gimp was going to meet us there, and I was going to meet Catspaw, Lizzy, and EC at their hotel, and they were going to follow me to church from there.

My side of the story probably differs from there's from here on out.

Now, the first mile or so from their hotel was kinda tricky, so I was paranoid about losing them, and was watching the rearview mirror more than the road in front of me. Which was safe really, b/c on a Sunday morning there is no traffic in that part of town. There is also about 8 stoplights within a 1/4 or 1/2 mile of each other.

Well, with all this watching behind me instead of in front of me I appearently ran a red light, b/c when we got to church they got out of the car laughing and giving me a hard time about running a red light. My response was "What red light?" Yep, never saw it. And of course my denying it didn't help my case any, and it turns out they ran the red light just to keep up with me.

Whoops

And Hope is right, I shall never live it down (and rightfully so).

hubcap · Post by **hubcap** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:45 am

Haha! Wow, Jonathan. I appreciate that story. But really, that was nice of you to be so concerned about not losing them that you ran a red light...

J-man · Post by **J-man** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:12 am

JIApaw wrote:
Hope wrote:
Jonathan wrote:
Lizzy wrote:Oh dear Jonathan, I sincerely hope you drive with her instead of making her follow you in a separate vehicle... I know from experience how scary THAT can be *shivers*
*chuckles* Run one red light, and you pay for it forever
do you think you will ever live that down? i dont think so
That's not quite as bad as driving up onto the curb while parallel parking on your drivers test...

You have to parallel park for your drivers test? Sounds fun. ..not!

I have been in a similar situation though. There were two vehicles, and the first one goes flying through an intersection that had a stop sign. I was in the second vehicle, and my driver looked both ways really quick and didn't even hit the brakes going through the intersection.

..I have some friends that drive rather crazily.

JesusIsAlive · Post by **JesusIsAlive** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 11:57 am

J-man wrote:
JIApaw wrote:
Hope wrote:
Jonathan wrote:
Lizzy wrote:Oh dear Jonathan, I sincerely hope you drive with her instead of making her follow you in a separate vehicle... I know from experience how scary THAT can be *shivers*
*chuckles* Run one red light, and you pay for it forever
do you think you will ever live that down? i dont think so
That's not quite as bad as driving up onto the curb while parallel parking on your drivers test...
You have to parallel park for your drivers test? Sounds fun. ..not!

Yeah, I accidentally backed over the curb.

In my defense, though, the curb was quite low and I was the guinea pig in that I was the first test drive at a new location, so even though I should've flunked the test, the instructor let me pass.

Arwen · Post by **Arwen** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:56 pm

Wow. I honestly forgot I made this topic.

I was just scrolling through, and I saw: "Moving out," and I was like: "Ooh, I can share my experience," and then I saw the author...yeah.

So life's good here. I'm glad I'm out on my own, and my relationship with my family is actually improving.

But I have to chuckle when I see you 14 year olds saying how you can't wait to move out and stuff. Honestly, I was in your place a few years ago, but I know this now: You are NOT ready to leave your parents yet. Trust me, they DO have some more to impart to you. It's tough and hard to deal with them sometimes, but you need to listen, because you still have much to learn.

King Butter Turtle · Post by **King Butter Turtle** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:25 pm

Arwen wrote:But I have to chuckle when I see you 14 year olds saying how you can't wait to move out and stuff. Honestly, I was in your place a few years ago, but I know this now: You are NOT ready to leave your parents yet. Trust me, they DO have some more to impart to you. It's tough and hard to deal with them sometimes, but you need to listen, because you still have much to learn.

I know.

I just wish they could teach me all that stuff maybe like three days a weak. Or maybe we could do it online. (hmm, online chores would be interesting)

Arwen · Post by **Arwen** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:00 am

Don't worry. You'll be glad of it someday.