Car Raid
I interviewed one of my neighbors down the street, Brenda Conley is a P.E. and swim instructor for special needs students at AISD, and she let me see what's in and around her car.
To start off, there is a cat leaning against the left rear tire asleep. His name is Leo and he's an 18 year old calico long haired cat. He pretty much sleeps all day in front of Brenda's yard.
Brenda has a 2011 mint green Lexus SUV. It was pre-owned by one of her friends and had low mileage. Brenda previously had an older Toyota SUV but it had many miles and after asking around at work, her co-worker mentioned the Lexus as an option to buy and as Brenda said "she went for it". Brenda bought it and has been using it to move around supplies and other objects.
The Lexus was a recent purchase from April 2016. She said the vehicle was a must have due to here hauling literally hundreds of pounds of everyday objects. From tissues to dog food, her SUV was jam packed.
Some of her supplies are as followed: pool noodles, towels, a rain coat, a regular coat, and supplies for her mom.
In the front, she has a box of teacher odds and ends including, pens, paper, snack, and most importantly, keys to her room at school. On the floor of the passenger side is a stack of music. Brenda said since she travels from school to school to work with her special needs kids, she considers her car her "office on wheels".
One other note is she keeps a bag of dog food to pass out for any stray or homeless dogs she runs into while driving around Austin, or to give to a homeless man's dog.
Along with a cup holder full of old Starbucks cups, she also has a box from Starbucks in her trunk which holds many supplies and utensils.
I asked Brenda about the old Starbucks cups and says that one is "a store bought cup that I refill with my homemade coffee or Starbucks coffee."
With school wrapping up, Brenda also takes the summers off to relax and with a always changing schedule, school may last from 6:00 am to 8:00 pm.
As Leo moved from car tire, to car seat, to my foot, I wrapped up the interview by petting the cat and thanking Brenda for time and finished petting Leo' neck as he lay on the driveway.
