Great News!

Well, for me at least. I didn't completely slack on the trip to Spain! I'm still really forgetful, but I forgot that I DID blog WYD 2011! You can read those posts at . Sorry I didn't post that link two years ago. ANYWAYS, I've still been slacking on my posts about college travels and my 2012 trip to Disneyland. So be prepared to get spammed with those posts. Here's a little taste of my last Christmas Trip over the pass: Shirley (my 1997 Saturn), my good friends Anna, Sarah, and I were driving back over the pass to Seattle for the Christmas holidays. As we neared the pass, I pulled over and outfitted Shirley with her winter armor. We made it over the pass and were descending when one of the chains broke! (For those of you who want to tell me that I was driving too fast/didn't put the chains on right/there wasn't enough snow, I was driving 25 mph in a snowstorm and I know how to put the chains on. These were just old chains.) So I pull over to the side of the road, but due to traffic and other concerns, I was unable to get all the way over, so I ended up in that weird triangle between the on-ramp and the freeway at exit 42. I get out, fix the situation, and then get back into the car, which now will not move. Naturally, I go to restart the engine and....nothing. Turns out, Saturn puts the electrical harness outside of the engine block and IN THE WHEEL WELL. So my broken chain completely ripped out the entire harness. However, everything still worked but the engine, so I called my dad to come rescue us, and we watched a movie on someone's laptop while we waited the TWO AND A HALF HOURS for him. A couple of snow plows and a few nice police officers stopped and checked on us, and we were fine. But that was one heck of an adventure. More to come, most likely in reverse order!