Patience is worth it

"Just wait till I get paid at the end of the month and we'll go out looking for that car you want!" If I got a dollar for every time I heard this statement, I would not be in school right now. I'll have enough money already to last me for the rest of my life. As an high school senior, I really needed a vehicle. My guardians by the way saw it as something I wanted and not needed. However, I was the one who had to catch the city bus to school at 6am to make it to the 7 o'clock basketball practice. Not only that, I could only work three and a half hours a day because my job closed at 9pm and my bus did not make it there till 5:30pm when leaving my school at 3:45pm (what would usually take me 20minutes if I drove). The worst part was that the bus stopped running to my destination around 10:30pm so I would get dropped off about 20minutes from my house and had to walk through this dark alley every night.

I knew this would all come to an end one day but it's that day I had no idea about. I tried applying for loans to purchase a vehicle but with no credit history, it required a cosigner, which I could never get. Even though I was hurt deep inside, I put the issue behind me. Fortunately, I received a grant last week and I know nothing is going to stop me from purchasing a vehicle during spring break '08. If I would have received the loan, I would be in so much debt of repayment but because I had to show reluctant patience, I can now buy my vehicle debt-free. YAY!!!