Christmas eve thanks!
Dec. 24th, 2004 06:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jlhYou know, as a general rule I do understand the evils of the internal combustion engine and the problems that car culture has created for this country particularly but also for the world at large.
But today I was able to drive to my brother's house and then go to my parent's house in a total of 6 hours of travel—1 by train to Greenwich and 5 by car. If I had taken the available mass transit it would have taken me almost 8 hours and still would have left me an hour's drive short of my destination and dependent on others to get me around.
So in the manner of Harriet Vane, who was happy that she had "her own little car", I'm thankful that I can drive, rent a car to drive me, follow directions, and all of those things that enabled me to get from home to Poland Spring quickly and in one piece. I'm also thankful that there wasn't anyone on the road--but that seems a pretty small, selfish thing to be thankful for!
But today I was able to drive to my brother's house and then go to my parent's house in a total of 6 hours of travel—1 by train to Greenwich and 5 by car. If I had taken the available mass transit it would have taken me almost 8 hours and still would have left me an hour's drive short of my destination and dependent on others to get me around.
So in the manner of Harriet Vane, who was happy that she had "her own little car", I'm thankful that I can drive, rent a car to drive me, follow directions, and all of those things that enabled me to get from home to Poland Spring quickly and in one piece. I'm also thankful that there wasn't anyone on the road--but that seems a pretty small, selfish thing to be thankful for!
