I grew up in the middle of nowhere and am still there.  There are few people around, and the ones that are are way older than I am.  I had few friends in high school, and because of this I try to hold on to those friends with all my might.  Most people who know me know that most of my friends have autism, Asperger’s syndrome, Bipolar, or come from broken homes.   I need my friends to make me feel I have a purpose in life.  Now, I have moved away from high school and into college.  Because I live so far away from my friends, I had to think of creative ways to stay with them and make new ones.  In order to keep the old friends I needed a car, a good bowling alley, lots of money, and a cell phone, and a lot of excuses.

            There’s nothing like that new used car smell.  I guess my friends do not mind it, because they seem really comfortable riding in it.  Because I have to go from Camden to Canton to see the majority of my friends, a car is definitely an essential item.  I used the car to take my friends, all of which cannot drive yet, to football games and to go bowling every now and then.  Without the car I would have never been able to see my friends, because no one ever comes out to my house.

            The bowling alley is a life saver.  Autistic kids usually do not want to do much of anything except sit around and talk, play instruments, or do math problems.  There is one thing, however, that they all love to do that I could never get bored with.  They love to bowl.  If it was not for the bowling alley, I do not think we would have anything to do.  The problem with the bowling alley is that you eventually run out of one of the most important things for long distance friendships, money.  

            The money was used to get in to every home football game at Canton Academy, gas to drive from Goodman to Canton every Friday, and to pay for bowling tickets.  The problem with money is that if you cannot get a job because the economy decides to take a downfall as soon as you get a car, you run out of it.  People have said in the past that money made the world go round.  It is a pretty useful thing until it runs out.  When I ran out of gas money, and still had no job, I had to figure out another way to keep in touch with my friends.