Okay, so I know that we are almost to the end of the January, but if I had a baby that was less than a month old, it would still be new, so yeah.
Anyway, as I may have mentioned last week, I was having troubles with my car. So much so that I was done dealing with it. Period. End of Story. So, even though we weren't really looking to buy a new car last week (we had had the discussion about having my in-laws drive me to work for the rest of the year (since we didn't really budget for a second car payment when I accepted the positions for this year)), we finally just bit the bullet and bought a new car. Now there's no more worry about putting more money into the car than it's worth. There's no worrying that something will break down while I am driving. But I kind of wish this would have been decided back in December before we put nearly (if not over) $2000 (more than Blue Book for it) into the car ($500 on new tires (after the blowout on I-29), and some other thing that I dont' remember). But I digress.
So, my new car is a 2009 Ford Fusion. Yes, I bought, what my father refers to as the "F"-word car brand. But he doesn't have to drive it, he will barely even see it, so it's okay. Anyway, I wonder if the dealer was expecting more emotion when I bought the car. He kept asking if I was excited. I was like, "I guess so. Sure." He had a skeptical look on his face. Apparently, he doesn't know that I am more of a cerebral type person. While the potential excitement of owning something brand new is enticing, I am more of a worrier about the payments. The newness of the car will wear off, but the payments won't. I should have told him that.
And to answer this question, I never did really mourn the loss of my Alero. I was driving it down Galaxie toward the dealer and I was thinking to myself that it would be the last time I would drive that car, and I was okay with that. It has it's memories, but most I can live without.
So, that's my exciting news for the week. I am a new car owner. Yay me.
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If I remember correctly, I don't think you've ever been too excited about new vehicles....member your 18th birthday when you got the van?? LOL...I was more excited than you were....and it was a VAN! Anywho...congrats again on the new car!! And remember to take Lukin when you take it to the car wash.
I think he mostly likes the "Bee Wash" because you have to get out and go inside, and there are a two puppies, a cat, and bunny and some fish inside. I don't know if he enjoys the car getting washed or seeing the animals more.
And he likes calling Auntie Endebbuh. I think Endebbuh might be a combination of Auntie and Amanda - Endebbuh. Endebba? Whatever.
Um, anyway.
I was bouncing around the Subaru Dealership like a rubber ball, I was so excited to get my car. Boing boing boing.
But I know you don't really get excited about that stuff. I remember when you got the van, too, which was the same time as the new house, right? You were like, "I got a van, and we're moving to Cavalier." It was pretty deadpan. But it's you, and you wouldn't be you if you weren't you.
I think we can all agree that was pretty philosophical.
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