i'm moving tommorrow!
#74816 - 05/30/04 05:58 PM
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Hi Guys!
the week, sadly is over, and I'm moving out!! I'm really sad about this because I've lived in Amherst for FIVE YEARS.. four to finish school and this last one to stay close to the man and relax before graduate school. It is really strange to be leaving. Plus I haven't had much quality time with the boy because mostly we've spent our time repairing holes and and cleaning up house.  Not exactly fun, especially since I won't see him much this summer.
Anyways, we're kicked out as of tomorrow and then I'm gonna stay at my aunts in connecticut because I want to wait until the labor day traffic is over and leave on tuesday. So if I'm MIA for the next few days.. that is why.
Cross your fingers, this will be my first attempt driving from here, home to DC alone. I'm pretty nervous about it, and definitly have NEVER driven more than three hours at one time. haha my sister also went to umass so we would usually carpool.. she however, is staying here for the summer because she's actually still in school. Any tips for a first time long distance driver would be much appreciated!
Talk to you guys in a few days!
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Yaay, Ashley!
#74821 - 05/30/04 07:15 PM
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Bevvy
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It's the right thing to do, Ashley!
I did that trip by myself once, only in reverse. It was 1964. I was working in McLean, VA, and wanted to visit my daddy in Maine. Friday after work I just jumped in my MG and drove north. Stopped off for an overnight stay at Cape Cod. It was a lot of fun.
Take your cell phone (they didn't have them back in those olden days) and of course all your emergency meds.
One last thing: when you say good-bye to the BF, leave him something GREAT to remember you by -- NO tears, just a killer smile and a magnificent kiss good-bye. Save the tears for when you're alone. You want that guy to remember what he's foolishly left behind.....
Have a safe trip.
Bev
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haha thanks for the reply bevrs!
I actually live in reston virginia.. do you know where that is? I'm only nervous because I HATE driving, I don't mind riding, but driving to me is hell. I start getting leg cramps and getting irritable after 3 hrs. haha i'm a wimp in that respect.
I'll try not to cry when I leave the bf. I don't know how not to though.. so give me your pointers. I never EVER used to cry.. then I turned 21 and since then sad commericals make me cry. I don't know what happened. I'll try though..
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I find driving long distances isn't too bad just as long as you stop every once and a while. Some rest stops are pretty nice, stop, take a walk, use the washroom. Then back in the car and listen to some good music and sing along at the top of your lungs.
Have a good trip!
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Good luck with the move!!
I do the singing thing even when I'm just going down the street! But I think that THE most important thing of all is to know exactly where you're going! You should definitley know which exits your taking and where to get off at and everything. And if you can, find out where the gas stations and things are for quick bathroom breaks! 
Anyways, enjoy your trip!! Good luck, Ashley! 
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thanks for the suggestions guys.. I printed out my directions.. and will spend a great majority of my trip on the new jersey turnpike.. home of millions of tolls and rest areas.. thank god. although not totally in thanks, because new jersey seems like it will NEVER EVER end.
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Oh yeah, printing out directions is good! I highly reccommend randmcnally.com just because Mapquest hardly ever updates! Ooooooo DC sounds fun right now! I only went there once and it was a blast!
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good luck with the drive, ashley! I usually take a book on tape when I drive from Ithaca to my aunt's in Springfield, Va (yep, I know where Reston is  ) I guess I'm lucky though, since I can drive through PA and avoid the whole NJ thing...let us know how it goes. And don't cry too much. If it makes you feel any better, I cry all the time too now--it must be something about turning 21 (I'm 24).
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Hey Tuxedocat!
I was actually looking to take a book on tape to listen too, except they were all about 30 bucks and I can't afford that right now. I can't hit up the library either cause i'm moving.
I have actually driven home with my sister through pennsylvania, however, it takes a little bit longer and the roads are usually dead. Not exactly great considering I'm gonna be driving alone. I'd prefer not to get stuck somewhere in my middle of pennsylvania on my own. But we usually go that way at christmas and thanksgiving when the new jersey turnpike is mobbed.
I hope I dont' cry too much, I already have been for about two weeks now, just thinking about it. Its so strange.. when I was in college I wouldnt cry at ANYTHING.. it was almost bad, my friends called me the ice queen when we'd watch sad movies and I wouldn't shed a tear. NOW, I can't control myself, I went from one extreme to the other. I'm almost 23 so I can totally relate.. maybe its the age?!?
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RESTON?!
#74870 - 05/30/04 09:36 PM
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Bevvy
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Ashley, I can't believe it. Oh yeah, do I ever know Reston!
In 1964, after the horrible job I had in McLean, I went to work for a real estate developer named Rober E. Simon. He was building an entire city in the country. Everyone thought he was crazy. He had a big plan to build little shops with condos over them, around a man-made lake, and to have townhouses there. My job was as Secretary to the Director of Townhouse Sales. We built brand new townhouses, and our office was in a temporary mobile home. There was only a two-lane road in and out of the new town he named after his initials: R-E-S TON.
Oh yeah, I know Reston. One summer I swam in Queen Anne Lake (it's not very deep you know), and one winter I ice skated on it. Is it still there?
My mother and father sold the home we were born in in Arlington and bought a townhouse in Reston, where my daddy died. My mother still lives there.
Oh yeah, I know Reston. It was all farmland when I used to commute to that little mobile home in the middle of nowhere, before Reston was built. One winter, the snow was so bad, I had just arrived in my little MG, got out of the car and fell into a snow bank and couldn't swim my way out; I was there by myself forever....
Oh yeah, I know Reston.
Ashley, I'm a crier also. It gets worse as you get older, especially when you're a quart low on estrogen. I know it's tough, but you DON'T want the BF to have that as the last memory of you. Otherwise, he'll always think, yeah, I did the right thing to leave her. Make your exit a quick one, and be up-beat, peppy, happy, cheerful, and plant a real good one on him, just as you cheerfully walk out the door and say, "Bye, Handsome!" Then, after you're out of sight, you can break down.
You'll never regret it.
You can do this, Ashley. That which you survive only makes you stronger.
Have a safe trip -- and let us know when you get to Reston.
Bev
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