Car. That was the word written on the tiny scrap of paper I picked from the golden cup.

Car car C-A-R stick your head in a jelly jar. My mom's silly saying was the first thing that popped into my mind after I read that small piece of paper. But that wasn't what I wanted to write about. I wanted to write about the adventures me and my friends went on and oftentimes we ended up in some random place completely lost. I'm horrible with directions to begin with so having a gps is one of my most prized possessions. Two years ago I didn't have a gps and I had to find my way to the high school I would be attending my senior year. North Penn is a seven minute drive from where I live and I have been there hundreds of times before but I never really paid attention to my surroundings and ultimately had no idea where I was going.

 The morning of my senior portraits (which turned out horribly and I went somewhere else to get them redone) I woke up in a good mood. I was excited for many reasons. The first reason is that it was going to be the first time in a few years that I would be seeing my old classmates. The second being that I had an excuse to get dolled up. I dried my hair put makeup on and headed out the door. It was a nice summer day and the weather couldn't have been more perfect. My day could have gone a lot better.

Instead of the seven minutes in my car it should have taken to get there, it turned out to be a one hour long affair. I was seventeen years old and had just gotten my license and I theatrically could go wherever I pleased. But then reality hit. I realized I was limited to a very small radius around my house due to my inability to navigate my way around. Eventually I made my way to the school but by the time I got there I was drenched in sweat because I had no air conditioning in my car, my eyes were red and swollen form crying out of frustration and my makeup smeared.

Even though I laugh at the memory now it was a very serious matter then. Two years later we are in the here and now and my car can take me all the way to KU and back with no troubles.