Island Life, subsection: Road Rants. It took less than a month of owning this car for me to put some nice dents and scratches on it. (Parking garage, thankfully, not another car!) It's not that I'm unaccustomed to driving on this side of the road, it's just that I'm not used to roads and corners that are so freaking narrow. Seriously, I've been up and down streets that could barely fit my car on them, and I'm told they're two-way streets. Lance Armstrong couldn't get through there, and you're telling me there could be someone coming at me around the corner? Sheesh.
Oh, and I got my first parking ticket yesterday, while dropping Gigi off at nursery. Argh. There's 50 bucks I can't spend on groceries or bug spray.
About Me
- Mugs
- I'm originally from North America and I work in the travel industry. I started this blog when I was living in Baltic Europe and wanted to keep family and friends updated on my first pregnancy. I took maternity leave for a year, and came a little closer to figuring out what I want to be when I grow up - but alas, the job of "Katharine Hepburn" was taken. So after fifteen months of Stay-at-Home-Mom-hood, I returned to the workforce in January 2006. My husband and I have a daughter born in 2004 and a son born in 2006 (known on this blog as "Gigi" and "Halley" respectively). My company transferred me to a nice warm island in July 2006, where I get to spend the next three years (at least!) So why the name "Purple Scare"? Because when I created the blog, I was living behind the Rusted Iron Curtain, and I like the color purple more than red. Write me at purplescareblog@gmail.com.
