My Aunt Ann and I are driving down to Cleveland tomorrow to be with my grandpa while my grandma has surgery on her knees. Unfortunately, we’re taking my Aunt Ann’s Vibe, which is stick shift… so she’s going to teach me how to drive stick shift on the way down.

It’ll be good for her to get away from her 4 kids (my parents are going to watch them while we’re down there) and also good that she’s not going by herself. She spends a lot of time alone or just with her kids, because her husband works in Virginia.
Talking about her family, Carmen is going to stay here for a couple weeks while her family is visiting her dad in Virginia so that she can go to drivers training with Megan.