im moving to chicago next friday.

 

Wow, that's a major move.
I thought you might be able to attend our Fall Colors Run coming up.

Good luck on the move.

 

oh wow. well i hope you have fun over there and good luck! i'll take you off the list.

 

thanks ill keep in touch.

everything is much cheaper out there. my entire family lives out there and my aunt has a job waiting for me, $11 an hour with benefits. minimum wage is only 5.75, so that would be like making $13 an hour out here. its not much but its pretty good for a 19 year old with no schooling.

and my uncle has a job for my fiancee $15 an hour with benefits and in the union, so thats like $17 out here..

and well, apparantly im pregnant. well, not apparantly. im 2 months along. so all that benefits junk is good, plus we can move out a lot easier out there.

 

Well thats kinda a bummer. I give you one summer and the two of you will be back
I just PM'ed you a bit ago.
I tried to swing by last week but you must have been out.

Keep us up to date

 

oh whatever todd ive survived summers in illinois AND in arkansas. besides, theres always ceiling fans and ac, who says we have to go outside?

itll sure be fun in the wintertime though, all that snow...i can take my 4runner ice skating

the best part is nobody out there has them. probably because its so close to detroit, they all drive fords, chevys, pontiacs.... i saw one 4 runner last time i was out there. mine is probably the only lifted one.

here in puyallup theres about 8 of them, bigger than mine. it takes the fun out of it.

 

just be carefull. they use salt over there for the snow and im sure you don't want your baby to rust that pretty much why you never see any old cars over there. anything after about 95 has rusted apart

 

Sorry to see you leave but it sounds like a good situation that you'll be going to. Good luck with everything. I was looking forward to having another girl in 4ROC...oh well. Take care of yourself and your baby!

 

Briley, I am very sad to hear you are leaving. You have been a great friend to have and fun to chat with. I am very happy for you! I hope you will continue to stay in touch. You better take care of that 4Runner. Hope to hear from you soon, Your friend Ben

 

apparantly they have special car wax out there that prevents damage from the salt. it probably costs a fortune. i need a new paint job anyway from my tires kicking up all those rocks.

unfortunately, i didnt see a 4roc in illinois. probably because theres about 2 toyotas in the whole state... maybe theyll let me join in indiana..

and ben ill still have the same email address you didnt think you escaped THAT easily? i bet you thought you got lucky.

 

Losing a buddy is not in any way associated with luck in my book. I know we will still be able to chat online but it sucks. I wish you "luck" whereever life takes you. I will miss yuh!