Pumping Gas

Today I had an adventure. A friend of mine recently bought a new house in Burlington, NC and I wanted to visit her and see her new home. So this afternoon I made plans to head out there to visit. For those of you who don't know I am a relatively new driver, I didn't get my licsense until I was nearly 25 due to a variety of reasons having to do mainly with my immigration and naturalization situation. So although my doing this might not seem like a big deal for the average 26 year old female, it was a pretty big undertaking for me to drive 45 minutes away to a town I am not familiar with to a place I have never been all by myself.
Anyhow I set out with my written directions and got on the interstate, so far so good. I got off at the right exit but unfortunately missed the next turn off and ended up rather far out of my way and somewhat in the middle of nowhere in a place called Haw River, NC. At this point I was nearly out of gas and needed some directions, so I got off the road at a gas station called "Venus Mart" (where the gas was actually a bargain at 2.56 a gallon). This is where things get tricky...believe it or not I had until this point never pumped gas in my entire life, I was feeling quite overwhelmed. But it had to be done and I more or less figured it out all by myself, so feeling remarkably empowered I headed into the station and managed to get directions and continued on my way. I made it to my friends house much later than anticipated, but I did make it there and had a great afternoon.