Mindi, the only fool is the one that never tries. If you put the slightest effort to learn and succeed, nobody would think yer a fool. If you were trying to show off however, hehehe....
You're in upstate New York, right? Plenty of trains from Buffallo, Depew, Rochester,Syracuse, Utica, Schenectady, Albany, Rensselaer, all running into Boston. Using Syracuse, round trip as an example, it's 72 smackers round trip on the train (less than what my truck would burn in benzine one way

)... just a thought...
Patrick doesn't need a ticket, he has offers from people to pick him up - he just needs to say yes