New Car
Well, today I caved in and bought a car. I christened her Madeline, after Madeline Ashton in Death Becomes Her.
It's not just the white, white mercedes of my dreams, it's also my newest canvas to design the perfect stickers! I have dreams of opening my own croquet academy and etiquette school someday... but that's complicated and I doubt I'll ever reach a decision on what the uniforms should look like and what historic building to take over. I also have this fascination with umlauts and need to incorporate that into my new logo design.
Anyway, it will take a few years to pay this off , and I'm relieved my credit is still better than ever after my identity theft fiasco last summer. I feel so grown up, and not as impatient as I look. Originally I was going to wait until June before getting onto my car hunt, but "Mad" was the animal I was hunting and the offer was excellent! Besides, I was teased by my little brother getting a new car for his birthday last week... he's much more impulsive than I, which makes me a questionable role model. It's one of those new Dodge hatchbacks with the funny speakers, but he never test drove the car before ordering it. What a guy!
The pain of today was only the beautiful weather and being trapped in Lynnwood for six hours talking to mechanics, insurance people and the bankers. Joy! Since this is my first debt, (and certainly my worst since any car is a terribly investment), I dragged mother along for the ride and we both got stuck coming home in rush-hour traffic...
Could have been worse? The sweet salesman who showed me the car initially yesterday suffered a heart attack today. His third one since November. I'm not sure I can articulate how this makes me feel about the purchase. Perhaps a job in car sales is not healthy in the long run.
Anyway, when I got home, I transferred the croquet sets and the frisbee into the trunk and feel ready now for a full season of field trips and picnics.
It's not just the white, white mercedes of my dreams, it's also my newest canvas to design the perfect stickers! I have dreams of opening my own croquet academy and etiquette school someday... but that's complicated and I doubt I'll ever reach a decision on what the uniforms should look like and what historic building to take over. I also have this fascination with umlauts and need to incorporate that into my new logo design.
Anyway, it will take a few years to pay this off , and I'm relieved my credit is still better than ever after my identity theft fiasco last summer. I feel so grown up, and not as impatient as I look. Originally I was going to wait until June before getting onto my car hunt, but "Mad" was the animal I was hunting and the offer was excellent! Besides, I was teased by my little brother getting a new car for his birthday last week... he's much more impulsive than I, which makes me a questionable role model. It's one of those new Dodge hatchbacks with the funny speakers, but he never test drove the car before ordering it. What a guy!
The pain of today was only the beautiful weather and being trapped in Lynnwood for six hours talking to mechanics, insurance people and the bankers. Joy! Since this is my first debt, (and certainly my worst since any car is a terribly investment), I dragged mother along for the ride and we both got stuck coming home in rush-hour traffic...
Could have been worse? The sweet salesman who showed me the car initially yesterday suffered a heart attack today. His third one since November. I'm not sure I can articulate how this makes me feel about the purchase. Perhaps a job in car sales is not healthy in the long run.
Anyway, when I got home, I transferred the croquet sets and the frisbee into the trunk and feel ready now for a full season of field trips and picnics.