When my parents were in Tennessee I warned them about the drivers in North Carolina and to be careful. I really don't think they took me seriously when I said that. It was no more than an hour that they had been in North Carolina when my mom text me and asked "Dad wants to know if it's against the law to signal in North Carolina?" I replied "Yep!" She then asked "Is it opposite here? The slow drivers drive in the left lane." I told her "I'm telling ya, North Carolina has the worst drivers EVER!" Let me vent... just for a minute... I can probably count the number of blinkers I've seen on 2 hands since we moved here... 7 months ago. No one EVER uses their blinker. EVER! It is by far one of the most frustrating things ever. I have never been more terrified driving anywhere in my life than to Raleigh. They freaking change lanes every 8 seconds and cut off people left and right.. the weird thing is they NEVER honk! WTFreak! Why would you not honk at someone who just cut you off and ran you off the road?!? (I'm not lying! Romney and I witnessed that. No horns were involved.) And when somebody wants to take an exit they are always in the left lane and have to cross 3 lanes to get off on their exit. Every. Single. Time. I lived in New York for crying out loud! I felt a million times safer driving there, than I ever have out here. Except for this one time. I'll tell you the story: So my parents came out here and we explored North Carolina. Beautiful State! We love it out here. After a few days out here, Romney, I and my parents flew up to New York for a long weekend. We got a cab from the airport to Manhattan. I literally thought the driver was falling asleep on our way there only to discover that he might be having mini heart attacks. I was ready to slap him at any moment.. just to make sure he was alive. He kept going the wrong way and we got lost like 4 times. (super annoying) My Dad looked back at me like Ashly this is your fault and we are all going to die. (I made him take that cab too! ha oops) I couldn't even laugh I was so terrified. (I can laugh now, because we all made it there safely) My Dad said he didn't stop praying the entire time. Somehow we made it to our hotel alive. (Somehow) And we got honked at.... I don't even know how many times. It felt good to be in New York city with all the hustle and bustle and all the angry New Yorkers honk at each other. They know how to use those horns! Romney and I miss the city. Goldsboro just doesn't quite cut it. Anyway to my point... North Carolina has the worst drivers ever.
ever.
ever.
EVER. Hopefully Romney and I make it out of here alive.
You guys should have seen my dad when he was out here. He took pictures of EVERYTHING! He was in heaven. It was so funny. My mom and I kept laughing at him. I bet he had somewhere around 5,000 pictures on his camera. I sure wish I had some of those to post.. cause I took like 12 pictures. And I figured out how to finally upload them!! (HUGE shout out to one of my best friends Nicole Norman for helping me with my blog today for like an hour. She's the BEST!!!)
Here are a couple from Myrtle Beach.
My Dad and I said we can respect Duke now after going and visiting their campus. Neither of us were fans before.. but its actually a really neat school.
We went to a little town called New Bern. Its where Nicholas Sparks lives and where they filmed some of the Notebook. I wish I lived there.It's also where Pepsi started? Was invented? Anyway I made them take this cute picture.
New York City! My Dad shopping on Canal Street. He was loving it!! (But not as much as shopping on 5th Ave--see pictures at bottom) He did not purchase that hat.
I got to see my favorite family from New York! They are all so big! Love those Capio's!
We got to go see Newsies on Broadway. My parents were a couple rows behind us.
We ran into the Boardman's at church. We were hoping we would see them there. Not knowing Blake and Allyse moved. And we really did! It was perfect! It was so great to see them!
I mean... we had to.
Soooo my Dad and Romney got matching suits. We were shopping on 5th avenue and you would think it would be me and my mom buying stuff.. but NO it was the boys. They were in HEAVEN my mom and I could not stop laughing at them! It was so funny! Romney is beyond obsessed with this suit. But he looks prettttttty dang good in it if I do say so myself! My Dad looks pretty dapper himself!
The window display was my Dad's favorite part. (He probably took a picture of it) I think that is the suit they bought too.
Aren't my parents just the cutest?! We seriously had a blast with my parents! Hopefully they will come out and see us again. I know for sure they will go to New York again! Maybe in the Fall?? Mom? Dad? Romney?
Finally you can look at my blog without wanting to rip your eyes out because it was so ugly. I'll have to make it look better when I have more time! But unfortunately I have to be a slave at Ruby Tuesday. Dude.. the life of a waitress is depressing. I feel bad for them! (Myself included)
Byeeeeeeeeeeeee!
~Ashly
