Tomorrow morning I leave for Murray. I'm starting to feel sort of nervous about it, but I think the nerves are more due to the impending drive there. I hate driving anywhere. I am kind of a nervous wreck when driving, particularly when I'm driving somewhere bigger, with more traffic--somewhere I've never been before and am unfamiliar with. Not to mention, more than half the people you meet on the road are terrible, crazy drivers. Road rage is just not a good thing.
Moving to Carbondale was like moving to an alien planet there for awhile. All those one ways and the inability to find a single open parking spot at SIU. And all those people that seriously couldn't drive. Like, how did they even have their license? kind of drivers. But I got the hang of it, and I managed, so I'm sure I can manage for nine days.
My cousin has graciously allowed me to room at her place while I'm there, which is really nice, because otherwise I was going to have to pay a pretty penny to stay at a hotel. I've done as much mapping research as possible on Google, and I also will have a navigator in my car, so surely--surely, surely, surely--I won't get lost. After all, it's pretty much a straight shot there. Getting to Murray should be the easy part. Finding my way around Murray--a bit tricky. This will also be my first time being somewhere where I know absolutely no one. So here's to hopefully quickly making friends.
Not always my strong suit, as I never can seem to think of a single thing to say, but it'll be a good opportunity to hone that rusty, ill-used skill.
I'm going to try to blog at least once a day to keep track of what all we do, what I learn, who I meet, etc. It should be pretty interesting. Just keep your fingers crossed that I don't get lost in Murray, which seems like a high possibility while I attempt to find the correct building and location of all of our different meetings.
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