Stick Shift

Oct. 21, 2009

By the time Amy and I were old enough to get our drivers license we had been driving for a few years. It wasn't hard for us by that time. But Amy still didn't know how to drive a stick.

Well Grandma had a "boyfriend". They would just leave out on these trips. Sometimes in his truck sometimes in our car. Jim was a real asshole he didn't like us and we didn't like him. When they would take our car Amy and I were stuck at the house. Jim would leave his truck WITH the keys! He didn't know that I could drive a stick. Wouldn't have mattered I would have taken it anyway and did!

So the morning we woke to them gone and his truck there Amy got mad I just laughed. She asked if I could drive it and I told her I could. Then I asked her if she wanted to learn. Ofcourse she did. Off we went! Amy in the drivers set and me next to her. She got it out on the road popping the clutch every time she changed gears. We laughed the whole time driving around Rickman. She got pretty good with it too. We ran out almost all his gas. Parked it in the same spot and waited for them to get back. That afternoon they got home and Jim gets in his truck and leaves. In enough time for him to get home the phone rings; its Jim. The look on Grandma's face was funny. Then she says to him "Well they don't know how to drive a stick shift! Well I'll ask but your wrong. Maybe you forgot to put gas in it the damn thing! You didn't put any gas in our car today so what does it matter if they did drive it all out!" During all this Amy and I were ready to admit to it all. We were mad for being left there with no way to leave. Maybe this would put a stop to it. Grandma slams the phone down and NEVER says a word to us about it. Funny how she would still take up for us even if she knew the truth. That didn't put a stop to them taking the car but I think he would pitch in for gas after that. He would leave his truck WITHOUT the keys. We still took it. I also knew how to hotwire a car! Just a country girl gett'n by anyway I can!

Amy and I fought lots. But when it come down to it we had each others back. As we got older we became better sisters to one another.

Not sure what I will bolg about next I will have to think about it. I'm sure the "get togethers" need to be explained. Yeah I think that will be next!