I'm A Truck Driver!!

So, you all know I work at the salvage yard of an auto auction and that, crazily enough, I love it. Back in November I had started helping the guys outside, which I rarely do anymore because it's been so slow. For awhile they were insisting I learn how to drive the forklifts, even just so I could say I had, but I always refused. So they let it go for awhile, but then we got in these 18 wheelers from the state and one of the guys bugged me for about a week to learn how to drive it. So I gave in the other day and I drove it around the parking lot. These pictures are obviously not while I'm driving, they were taken after I'd parked it again. It didn't have a trailer on the back (he says that's for next week, haha), so it might not be all that impressive, and you might think I'm a redneck, but I had fun.

We Support Our Troops!

My mom and I have become involved in an organization that welcomes home troops who have been serving overseas. Most of them are just coming to Baltimore for a layover, but it's been fun and they say it cheers them up. Yesterday when we went we ended up having to sit afterwards and wait for awhile before my dad could come back and pick us up. One of the soldiers came over and chatted with us for awhile, he thanked us for being there and said it made hime cry. He said they watch the news and all it says is that Americans don't support the war, but then he came home to this and it made his day. I don't support the war, but I definitely support the troops who are willing to go over there, especially now that my brother is there. Kind of ironically, we were welcoming soldiers home as he was flying over there.