goodbye twenties.
the police high beam froze her perfect face
in white glow for a while
the politic bureau's on high alert
and her name showed up on file
there's trouble with their war effort
and she's been speaking out
checkpoint charlie's radioing in
she's compromised in doubt
there's trouble with their war effort and she's crossed the party line
you were so pretty in the days you spoke your mind
we're buying a new car tomorrow. we're trading in my little two-door civic for a more family-friendly cr-v. i've been anticipating it for months, but now that it's here i'm getting a little sad. i'm going to miss my baby civic.
i bought it back in 2004 with the help of ryan's parents. i needed help if i was ever going to get out from under the lemon that was my '96 jetta. GOD that thing was a piece of crap. i bought it used and after all the money i spent on repairs, i actually could have bought something new. so i vowed to never buy another used vehicle EVER AGAIN - no matter the cost, if i could help it - because that p.o.s. cost me enough money and caused me enough stress to last a lifetime.
anyway, the civic was my first new-new car and the most awesome thing i had ever called my own, up until that point. i drove it to work and school stress-free every day because it was new and shiny and safe and i was certain it would never leave me stranded in a dark parking lot alone at night OH THE TRAUMATIC JETTA FLASHBACKS.
and really the only issue i ever had with my honda was having to drop $600 or thereabouts on the brakes because the ones you get by default are usually only meant to last for a couple of years anyway, so i kind of expected that. oh, and my windshield cracked, but that was a rock's fault, and it has a few scratches in the paint and those were my fault ... "oh look, the wall of the garage was MUCH closer than i thought!"
oops.
anyway, it's been the perfect car and i'm feeling a little bittersweet about giving it up because it's been so good to me. it saw me through some of the best, most memorable years of my life at sfsu, safely back and forth from oakland to san francisco for classes and parties et cetera and, and, and ... i'm going to miss it.
giving it up is, in many ways, like saying goodbye to my twenties, goodbye to the decade of transition between childhood and full-blown adulthood. goodbye music up and windows down, hello soft voices and a sleeping baby in the back seat. goodbye young woman, hello mother.
ellie is almost one, after all...
i suppose it's time mommy's car caught up with her :)
in white glow for a while
the politic bureau's on high alert
and her name showed up on file
there's trouble with their war effort
and she's been speaking out
checkpoint charlie's radioing in
she's compromised in doubt
there's trouble with their war effort and she's crossed the party line
you were so pretty in the days you spoke your mind
we're buying a new car tomorrow. we're trading in my little two-door civic for a more family-friendly cr-v. i've been anticipating it for months, but now that it's here i'm getting a little sad. i'm going to miss my baby civic.
i bought it back in 2004 with the help of ryan's parents. i needed help if i was ever going to get out from under the lemon that was my '96 jetta. GOD that thing was a piece of crap. i bought it used and after all the money i spent on repairs, i actually could have bought something new. so i vowed to never buy another used vehicle EVER AGAIN - no matter the cost, if i could help it - because that p.o.s. cost me enough money and caused me enough stress to last a lifetime.
anyway, the civic was my first new-new car and the most awesome thing i had ever called my own, up until that point. i drove it to work and school stress-free every day because it was new and shiny and safe and i was certain it would never leave me stranded in a dark parking lot alone at night OH THE TRAUMATIC JETTA FLASHBACKS.
and really the only issue i ever had with my honda was having to drop $600 or thereabouts on the brakes because the ones you get by default are usually only meant to last for a couple of years anyway, so i kind of expected that. oh, and my windshield cracked, but that was a rock's fault, and it has a few scratches in the paint and those were my fault ... "oh look, the wall of the garage was MUCH closer than i thought!"
oops.
anyway, it's been the perfect car and i'm feeling a little bittersweet about giving it up because it's been so good to me. it saw me through some of the best, most memorable years of my life at sfsu, safely back and forth from oakland to san francisco for classes and parties et cetera and, and, and ... i'm going to miss it.
giving it up is, in many ways, like saying goodbye to my twenties, goodbye to the decade of transition between childhood and full-blown adulthood. goodbye music up and windows down, hello soft voices and a sleeping baby in the back seat. goodbye young woman, hello mother.
ellie is almost one, after all...
i suppose it's time mommy's car caught up with her :)