H2 vs. Marauder

This is a Hummer. A H2 if you want to get technical. This is the vehicle I drive every day. It gets 9.4 MPG. Gas cost roughly $3.60 a gallon. Wondering why I have a H2? Let me explain...... 

When I was in High School & got my drivers license my parents had a Toyota Highlander, which meant I was going to get the Highlander to drive. I drove it all through High School, & for Graduation I wanted a new car. My parents traded in the Highlander & I got the car I wanted.

This beauty right here, this is Sierra - Sierra the 2010 Scion TC. I got her for my graduation present. She had a sun roof & a moon roof! I loved her so much! I took excellent care of her; washed her, vacuumed her, & LoVeD her! I finally had something that I wanted that was MINE! My brother has ALWAYS gotten EVERYTHING he wanted. His 1st car was a expedition, then he got a Duramax, then he got a H2, then he got a Cummins. He never paid for any of them, he just got them handed to him. Must be nice right? But back to Sierra ; she was mine, not my brothers, or moms - MiNe!  

When I decided to move to Cleveland,Ohio with Duwayne I thought that I would take Sierra with me so I would have my own car while I was up there so I could get to my job, go to the store, etc. Well, Sierra was on a lease. Which meant I could only put 12,000 miles on her a year. So going back & forth from Cleveland to Georgetown would defiantly add the miles on her & per every mile it would cost some amount of money (which I can't remember right now). & being on a lease meant if ANY damage happened to her we would have to pay more money to fix it, & if you know anything about Cleveland, you know they get a crap load of snow. Snow, ice, hail, all that lovely stuff that makes people have wrecks. So I decided to leave Sierra here at my parents house, & when I would move back I would get her back. Easy Peasy, so I thought.....

 WRONG!

The day before I moved back home from Cleveland my dad told me he was leaving.....but he failed to mention he was taking my car. When I got back home my mom had her Mustang & my brother had the Hummer. Robert decided he was going to go to Florida to get away from everything, so he drove down there in the Hummer. Me & mom were up here with 1 car. 2 months later Robert came back home & he got a Cummins*. Since he had a car, & mom had a car, I got the Hummer to drive. I totally LOVED driving the Hummer! I felt so bad ass! I'm usually never wanting people to look at me, but when they did in the Hummer I ate it up! Cocky? Nahhh - Happy :) 

I felt so safe in The Hummer. I was bigger then any other car on the road. Duwayne wasn't scared when I drove, he knew I was safe driving it. They are safe, 

The whole reason why I brought up The Hummer was because today, before Duwayne was leaving for Cleveland we were watching one of our favorite shows Top Gear. This episode was talking about the 

Marauder. 

 

Marauder--------------->

  

 

The Marauder is from Africa. It's a army truck. (Like the Hummer) It cost $300,000. Has 12 seats. The windows don't roll down, they just have little holes so you can point your gun out & shoot people. You have to get a background check to purchase one. It's a diesel, & it get's 31.5 MPG!

In the episode they talked about how The Marauder is 3 X'S the size of a Hummer, & all of the cool things it does & yeah. In one scene, they show The Marauder driving over 2 cars in the parking lot of a resturant. We all said how cool it was & I made the comment, "That's why you don't leave your children in the car." I don't know why I said that, but when I did Duwayne & Jessi* started cracking up! Duwayne made the comment, "After 4 years you finally make a funny joke!" Was that supposed to be a compliment? That's how I took it. I felt pretty good about myself. :) hahaha!

But back to the Marauder ; - if I could afford that mug I would in a heart beat! It's 4 wheel drive, there's plenty of room in it for your kids, it gets 31.5 MPG, & it's safe as crap! The PERFECT mom mobile! Even tho I don't have kids, & don't plan on it for A LONG TIME, that thing would last FOREVER! Duwayne said he's going to buy me one, so when he does I'll blog about it & upload pictures!

The other part of this whole post is to tell you that if you are thinking about getting a Hummer - DO NOT!!!!!

starting fresh.

It's been forever, I know, I know. It's been crazy. We moved into a duplex. It just sucks that we had to move out of the house we* have all of our memories in, & grew up in. It actually really sucks.....

I try as much as possible to avoid driving passed the house. But, it's kind of hard when it's on Main Street. Even if I have to take a different way somewhere & it cost me 5 minutes, I'll do it.

I wouldn't say that things are going great, they are going...good. I've been doing all I can to make everyone happy. I'm being the back bone, the mother, the therapist, the provider ; basically SUPER WOMAN. But of course that's never enough. 

I'm not trying to sound crabby, or not thoughtful, but people need to remember that I'm still a child, & I'm still in this whole thing too. He is still my dad & she is still my mom. I'm still in this. I can only take so much, & once I blow my top it's not a good idea to put MORE* on me. 

I'm trying to help people grow in this. Meaning, learn how to not rely on me for everything, how to find themselves, & how to be their own person. I didn't just leave with a suit case & have nothing to do with them. I still visit, talk, & do what I can. Even tho I still get called somethings, & get treated like I'm the one who left -  I still do what I can.

I need to work on myself, & grow.

On a happier note, me & Duwayne celebrates our 4 year anniversary yesterday*! 4 YEARS BABY! Can I get a Whoop Whoop?! (saying to myself in my head 'WHOOP WHOOP'!) Gosh, I am SO in love with him! For our Anniversary I made him a scrap book. Every year that we've been together, I make him a scrap book of everything we've done that year. I didn't have enough money last year/this year to get him anything, so I combined that year & last year in this scrap book. It's very cute, I must say! 

He got me The Lion King Trilogy. The Lion King is my FAVORITE movie EVER! Yes, I'm 19 years old, & that's my favorite movie. Don't Hate! & so, for our anniversary, Duwayne took me to the Movie Tavern* to see The Lion King! ANY guy who will take their girlfriend to see a Disney Movie for their anniversary date is AmAzInG!! & yes, he is amazing! 

Duwayne means EVERYTHING to me! We started dating our Sophomore year in High School, & are still together....4 years later! I don't have any doubts, or thoughts about us not being together, or wanting to be with someone else. He is my soul mate, & the one I will spend the rest of my life with. <3 He's helped me so much through everything that's going on. Bless his heart, I've been bi-polar but he sticks with me & tells me everything will be okay. I'm so blessed to have him. :)

* WE - Myself, older brother Robert, little brother Spencer, my Mom, & little brother Hunter.

* MORE - emotions, guilt, etc.

* YESTERDAY - 9-16-2011

* MOVIE TAVERN - A place that shows movies & you can eat meals. (Buffalo Chicken Wraps, Fries, Steak, Etc.)