In My Write Mind

03.02.06

Three Angels, No Service …

Filed under: Life

Whoever said that Lawrenceville was “about an hour away” from Raleigh … was about an hour off. For real. After driving for an hour, going the speed limit so I wouldn’t pass the exit (because seriously, there’s only one exit for Lawrenceville off 85), I kept driving. And driving. After approximately 30 minutes more, I wanted to call somebody to see if I’d passed the place.

Except for one thing. I couldn’t call anyone. I had no reception on my phone. None. Nada. Zilch.

No signal.

As I would discover later, that was my cue that I was approaching Lawrenceville. I was there two days. Forty-eight hours. My phone had a signal for ummmmmm … maybe one of those. Hours. Yup.

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