My Civic Duty (Part Three)

Two hours later, I was driving my new (new to me, but not technically) car home. It was a great experience knowing that this was thoroughly mine, something that I had worked so hard to get and so enjoyed.

The icing on the cake was that they let me steal a giant balloon from the showroom. It seems like a weird thing to be so happy about, but holding that balloon next to my car and taking a picture with Dyan was the moment in my life where I truly felt accomplished. Not walking across stage to get my diploma and getting a hug from the principal (who I liked despite nobody else liking her). Not sitting in my first college class. Not getting a 50% tip on a night at work where I was being treated like crap. No, standing there next to my car, balloon in hand, and taking a picture with the wonderful lady who had treated us so well was when I finally felt like I had accomplished something with my life. If you haven’t had that moment yet, just wait, the feeling is great and you will never want to let go.

I have three weeks of school left, it would be pointless (or at least dumb) to spend $40 on a parking sticker, so I will have to wait to parade my vehicle around. But once summer comes, it’ll be hard to pull me away from that wheel.

I have one last thing that I want to tell you, if you are looking to buy a used Honda, go to Dyan Smith at David McDavid. You will not regret it.