Paige CP #5

Today, Brenda and I met at the mall. She recently got a job at Mcdonalds so we talked about how that was going. She also just got a car to use for herself. We discussed about traveling in Tallahassee vs Mexico. She felt as if Tallahassee was too slow and the drivers are very tame compared to Mexico. Apparently drivers in Mexico are as crazy as Chicago or even South Florida. This surprised me. I told her that where I am from it takes a long time to drive places and that Tallahassee drivers are crazy to me. We also compared our different family sized. She was accustomed to living in such a large family whereas I have a smaller one. At the end, before she left for work, she gave me a seasoned apple as a gift!

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