People say that there is nothing like the smell and the feel of a brand new car. Lucky for me at the age of nineteen I was fortunate enough to find that out for myself. After working to save seventeen hundred dollars my mom and I drove to the Honda dealer to go get the car of my dreams. There it was, either it seemed like they knew I was coming, or everywhere I looked the car was there. A black on black coupe EX Honda Civic, power locks, power windows, sunroof, alloy wheels, and the best part was that it was a stick shift. Sitting inside the car for the very first time was a feeling that I will never forget. I know that most cars come standard with those features, but back in 2004 that car was my dream come true, specially after watching The
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Interacting with people from all over the world, having white sandy beaches minutes from your house, school trips all over the state and a huge cultural diversity everywhere you looked. At the same time it was a really tough experience, one that I won’t forget. Like they say in Miami “ you either swim or sink”. Life can be very challenging to a single mom in a big expensive city. I helped her as much as I could by taking care of my two younger brothers and trying not to get into too much trouble, which at points it was hard with temptations in every corner. Every car we had growing up was one bad experience after another, from bad AC’s to opening the trunk with a screwdriver. My worst experience with one of my mom’s car was when I got invited to a party, and on the way there the car completely stopped working and instead of being concern about her and the car I was more concern about missing the party, because we all know that for a teenager missing a party with your friends it’s an awful, life changing, catastrophic …show more content…
He replied “Sure, be here next Monday at 6:00pm, you are my new Manager”. Monday night came I showed up at 6:00 o’clock sharp and we went over what he expected and told me he would stay with me all night because it was my first day. Twenty minutes later, he banished and told me that I would be ok on my own. I had no other choice, but to start my shift. After about half an hour of “running the store” I realize that once again, as when I was a server, I was the worst manager there, but slow and steady I became better. I started making a little bit more money, stated helping more with the house bills, and started saving for my brand new car. Finally the day came when I had enough money to go to the dealer and ask for the car I wanted. I was really proud of my accomplishments, and I showed it by driving as fast as I could everywhere I went. The city of Mobile loved me because I must have paid over a thousand dollars in tickets alone for going faster than I should have. Like I said after watching the “Fast and the Furious” I thought I was one of the characters specially after actually seeing the same car I was driving used for the movie, even though mine only had 137 horsepower about half as fast as the ones in the
Interacting with people from all over the world, having white sandy beaches minutes from your house, school trips all over the state and a huge cultural diversity everywhere you looked. At the same time it was a really tough experience, one that I won’t forget. Like they say in Miami “ you either swim or sink”. Life can be very challenging to a single mom in a big expensive city. I helped her as much as I could by taking care of my two younger brothers and trying not to get into too much trouble, which at points it was hard with temptations in every corner. Every car we had growing up was one bad experience after another, from bad AC’s to opening the trunk with a screwdriver. My worst experience with one of my mom’s car was when I got invited to a party, and on the way there the car completely stopped working and instead of being concern about her and the car I was more concern about missing the party, because we all know that for a teenager missing a party with your friends it’s an awful, life changing, catastrophic …show more content…
He replied “Sure, be here next Monday at 6:00pm, you are my new Manager”. Monday night came I showed up at 6:00 o’clock sharp and we went over what he expected and told me he would stay with me all night because it was my first day. Twenty minutes later, he banished and told me that I would be ok on my own. I had no other choice, but to start my shift. After about half an hour of “running the store” I realize that once again, as when I was a server, I was the worst manager there, but slow and steady I became better. I started making a little bit more money, stated helping more with the house bills, and started saving for my brand new car. Finally the day came when I had enough money to go to the dealer and ask for the car I wanted. I was really proud of my accomplishments, and I showed it by driving as fast as I could everywhere I went. The city of Mobile loved me because I must have paid over a thousand dollars in tickets alone for going faster than I should have. Like I said after watching the “Fast and the Furious” I thought I was one of the characters specially after actually seeing the same car I was driving used for the movie, even though mine only had 137 horsepower about half as fast as the ones in the