h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I was talking to Chad as he was packing, and I said that seeing him pack was making me sad. He asked why, and it's because I don't want to go back to my parents' house. This campus has rapidly taken its place as my home, even though I miss my friends in Sauk and I don't know many people here, and it sometimes sucks. I guess I'm just used to the freedom that I have here, not having to answer to anybody, really, but myself, and anyone that I do have to answer to, I choose to answer to them, they weren't just thrown there.
It's not that I resent my parents or anything, its just that to them, I'm still their little girl, and so when I go home, I'm a kid again. They ask where I'm going and who I'll be with and what I'll do and when I'll be home,to which the answers are, respectively, "I don't know - probably to the Dells or Madison", "Kris and Kelly" (usually), "We never have plans - you know that", and "I don't know - probably around 3." And they say, "well, we want to know where you are", and "we like Kris and Kelly - doesn't one of them have a car?" and "well shouldn't you know what you're doing?" and "3?! How about 1?" I understand their concern, but I've been living "by myself" for 9 months now, and they haven't been able to ask me those questions, so why start now that I'm home? I just don't want to go back to that.
The biggest problem is that they don't have any cars that are worth less than any of the others, so they worry about giving me a car, which is, I suppose, a legitimate concern, because it's not my car, though they've never placed restrictions like that on me before, which is why I dislike it so much, I suppose. I think that if I had my own car, it would just be a way to assert my independence and provide for myself.
So to cut a long story...well...long, actually, I've asked Kris if he wants to go halves on a piece of crap car with me. I have $700, which, according to Nate can buy a thing with seats, a steering wheel, and a motor. I'm hoping for street-legal, actually, and I'm not sure what that costs. And if Kris can't do that much, I can pay for more than half, it's just that the more money we can pool, you know, the safer I'll be. Then he can use it for most of the year, while I'm in school (I use Chad's car when I'm here), and I can use it over the summer. I have to look into whether to insure it (I'm hoping I can get away with not, but I have to look into the related laws), and all that stuff, but even though I just thought of this tonight, I'm thinking it's a good idea.
Kris is calling me tomorrow to tell me whether he wants to do this.
I chose him because he's the only person I know who needs a car. I could get one myself, but then it would sit around for 9 months out of the year, which would probably add to it's crap-factor. This way, it would be used the whole year, which would make it less of a waste, then, too.
I don't, of course, know if this will all work out, but I'm thinking that I want to do it.

That sounds like a good Idea....impressed!

I just want to tell you that I'm having the same problems (with my parents, not my car). It's just, you know I love them, but I'm 18 now, and I take full responsibility for my actions (example: the decision to stay a half an hour later for gaming), but my mom still calls me every Wednesday night to ask why I'm not home yet, and everyday she wants to know my plans, and if I don't have any she thinks I should ride with her. Given, I know I have to be worried about saving on gas now that I have to pay for my own, but I don't always know what's going to happen after school, and if (for some spontaneous reason) I want to stay or go somewhere else after school, I don't want to be stuck every night in the most isolated piece of oblivion where I live, like I've had to do for the past 8 years!

Now, I understand it's a mothers concern, and I love my mother, but I don't want to have to deal with her worry and my stepdads crap after I'm out of High School. See, I've already made the decision to go to Boo-U (because I missed my compass test for MATC) which means I have the decision to stay home and not worry about paying rent for another year, this would be a nice move financially, but I'm starting to think I'll go crazy if I don't get out on my own really soon!

*sigh...... Sorry, I just went on a small rant.It's just that I happened to be thinking about this already when I read your entry.

Sooo, basically what I've been trying to say is that, in some small way, I sort of understand what you're going through.

Anyway... I'll talk to ya later. Are you planning to come down for the summer then??

Yeah, I'm not like that lame Alyssa person, who stays up in who the f knows where like a hermit...geeze.

Maybe I should find a summer job...