My favorite cousin is celebrating her birthday today. From the days we ate burnt matches together to her very first retirement birthday, we’ve been through a lot of life’s experiences together. We’ve traveled to Hawaii, Mexico, and too many other places to name — and we made at least a bajillion trips from the IGA to McKain’s gas station in a VW bug with no heat or A/C.
At 17, I let her learn to drive a stick in my car in town without a license. She was 14. We were drinking Sloe Gin mixed with Dr Pepper (sorry, Mom!) and got pulled over. I had to get married to get us out of that one. 😉 She rear-ended my first new car and I hadn’t had it a week, and I drove a POS Vega while she navigated to places unknown.
Here’s hoping she has a fabulous birthday… and many more to come!
TIL (Today I Learned): Abe Lincoln won the 1860 election while NOT being on the presidential ballot in 10 Southern states.