Behind The Times

For most of the people in my area, getting coffee out is like second nature. As for me, my first time was two days ago. Not that I've never had the opportunity, guess I've just never taken advantage of it. I felt like such a backwoods girl as at twenty-three years of age, I tried to figure out where everything was at seven-eleven. It was kind of pathetic, but luckily it was only me and my friend there, so we didn’t get laughed at!!! As I was thinking about it, I realized that there’s a LOT of things that “normal” people do, or have done, that I’m behind the times in. I’ve never been camping; never been in an airplane or a boat; have never been out of country; matter of fact, with the exception of Nags Head NC, and a day trip to New York, I’ve never been to a state that didn’t directly connect to Md. I’ve never spent more than one week away from home; never went to school (I was homeschooled), summer camp, or a retreat. I was nineteen the first time I walked around DC (even though we live an hour away), was twenty when I went to the gas station for the first time (we had a tank at our house for a while), and was twenty-one the first time I ever saw the ocean/beach. Actually, I think it’s kind of funny because I’m a part of something most people aren’t, a family of thirteen!! Guess that explains why I’m “behind the times” ;-) I just figure that I’ll never run out of things to do, lol. Blessings to you all.