Fun and Frolic With Long-Term Love

[Bluebird]

I talked to PunkRock some yesterday at dinner about web development, and he encouraged me instead to spend this summer working on my book. I have written an entire book in the past, but it wasn't something I could publish because it doesn't fit a defined category, really. I have another book that is completely researched, outlined and set up to fit into a sci-fi/fantasy romance novel category. Only, I stopped actually writing on it years ago. It's called Train Wreck, but that's just a working title. It'll change eventually. Lol Anyway, it's packed up someplace at the moment, but every now and then I think about dusting it off and making some millions. Lol I definitely think it's good. I don't know. Maybe I will get it finished before I turn 40 in September. It's a goal to shoot for, right?

I woke up today and bought a bright, obnoxious purple pencil skirt because I had free shipping and a $10 off coupon. I don't feel great about my weight loss this week, but I know I haven't gained any either. It's hard to slide back down to low carb after a couple of cheat days. I am my own worst enemy when it comes to trying to justify things in my head.

Right now I am still in bed and in pajamas. PunkRock has the day off and is asleep next to me. He took his car to get the recall done on it (both airbags replaced) but then he came back to sleep. He was up late last night working on our plumbing problem. He thinks he finally broke up the clot of potato peelings so we ran the dishwasher today and no issues. Thank goodness! That said, the garbage disposal is toast, and apparently it's a $300+ model. I messaged my son that he is paying for a new one, though I am going to replace it with one around $100. I don't want to bankrupt my kiddo, even though at almost 28 years old he should know better, especially after destroying one the exact same way a couple of years ago. Sigh.

I am going to shower in a bit and then focus on laundry. DarkKnight is working right now but he has been focusing on kitchen stuff every day after work this week. I now have all of my drawers sanded, painted and installed with new pulls! They look fabulous and my kitchen is finally starting to take shape! I actually have so many drawers, I don't know what to put in all of them. I wish I had that issue with cabinets, but alas. I have plenty of space, but the shelves are not adjustable. They are really short - I can't stand up a box of cereal anyplace, and most of my bottles don't fit either. I am not sure what we are going to do.

 

[Bluebird]

It's the afternoon and I am still asleep in my head! Ugh. I am up, dressed (though my white button-down is wrinkly AF) and working on budgeting for the month. I got my new license in the mail, and it's weird! The photo looks okay, but it's in black and white. DarkKnight's came today as well. This reminds me that PunkRock still needs to take a day and get his updated.

I also got a statement from our home insurance company, which necessitated an immediate phone call. When we bought the house in January, we had to purchase a type of insurance to cover the renovations we were doing, since we weren't moving in for a couple of months. Apparently regular home owner's wouldn't cut it here in Maryland, if you are not actually living in the house! Anyway, when we actually moved in, we canceled that policy and received a refund. Then, our new regular ol' insurance kicked in and became due with another company, so I paid them a little over $600. Well, the statement I received today shows a $600+ credit. I'm like, wtf? So, phone call. Our agent said our payment went through, but apparently the MORTGAGE COMPANY also paid the bill. So, now they are going to refund me the money, and I will need to contact the bank because obviously next year the mortgage company will see that they underestimated for insurance and raise my payment. GAH! Oh, well. I handled what I could today. When I receive the refund, I will call the bank then, and discuss options. More than likely, I will end up sending it to them to put in my escrow account now, so the increase doesn't happen later.

I also had to call the old electric company today. This is the third time I have done so. They keep telling me I have varying amounts of credit coming back, but then I don't receive it. The lady I spoke with today swears they cut a check to my new address for over $200, two weeks ago, but to just give it a few more days to arrive. Ok, whatever. She is apparently also going to cut another check for like $34 today. I am tired of dealing with this company, and I am glad that I have city electric now! I would just like my damn money back, and soon.

I need to go look at garbage disposals, but I don't have the energy. I doubt PunkRock wants to spend his evening fucking with it either, so if I ignore the fact that we need one, he can have the night off. That said, he needs his day off on Sunday to spend doing demo in the basement. Last night he cleared out almost everything from the main spaces down there, and it is ready for the floor to be torn up. The security deposit on the rental house should come in the next week or so, and then we can get the contractor to lay down the new subfloor. First though, PunkRock needs to pull up the linoleum, tile and ugly ass carpet. I am going to need a couple hundred bucks to have our bagster removed then as well. Yay? Seriously though, this needs to get done soon! PunkRock needs his art studio!

I am really hungry at the moment, so I am going to pop off here and go get my makeup on, iron this stupid shirt if I deem it really bad, and then travel to pick up some noms. MAYBE I will go and get a garbage disposal too. I really should get some hair color - I have developer but no color. My hair isn't too terrible at the moment, but it will need attention by May.

Oh! May! PunkRock and I are going to take a trip to Baltimore (I think) for our wedding anniversary. we are going to go to the casino in Arundel Mills, go to the Cheesecake Factory (my favorite restaurant) and then maybe do a session at iFly, which is an indoor skydiving place - you know, like a wind tunnel? We are going to take a long weekend. He also really wants to buy a tree for our front yard, but I am not sure that now is the best time because I don't know where I would want to plant it. I need to hire a landscape designer to come out and tell us what would look good - for both the front and back yard!

 

[Aquamarine]

Book!

Just wanted to say: yay for a book project! I'm always happy to hear people work on some writing, especially scifi/fantasy books. My favorite genre. I also write as a work (I'm a researcher) and as a hobby, so that's why I'm interested. Does your book have anything to do with poly? I've sometimes played with the idea of writing about polyamory, but I'm not there yet myself.

Also about book projects: Did you try to publish your earlier book? I mean why not get that published as well? Some cross-category literature is welcomed, at least in Europe, I think. In case you want, of course.

Anyway, I wish you happy moments writing Train Wreck!

 

[Bluebird]

My books both have ZERO to do with poly. I began them both when still married to my ex husband - so 20 years ago. Holy shit, I am old. Never attempted to get either published.

Yesterday I took a full day off and just lazied around on the couch in my pajamas, watching an entire season marathon of 13 Reasons Why. How I feel about the show - meh. It was entertaining, I guess, but it was REALLY difficult to swallow that almost every single guy character IN HIGH SCHOOL having not just multiple tattoos, but neck tattoos. Even one of the female characters had neck tattoos. I'm supposed to believe these kids are juniors in high school? I think they tried to make the characters edgy and instead made them unbelievable.

I need to re-shave my undercut and my hair needs some color. I am thinking of doing a sunset sort of ombre, but once again, I think it is going to be put off due to costs. There is so much coming up in May that I need to spend money on! PunkRock has two $600 tattoo sessions, 1d4Con is right at the start of the month, DarkKnight's birthday, my anniversary trip to Baltimore with PunkRock, gah! I need new black Converse sneakers as well. My current ones are ratty AF, and those are like $60.

Positive note though, the refund from the electric company showed up this morning.

House update: We did get the new garbage disposal purchased ($200) and installed this weekend, and PunkRock took some time to lay down the threshold between the kitchen and living room finally. More of the paneling in the basement has been removed too.

Weight loss update - yeah, not happening. I took the entire week off last week, and this week I am also feeling meh about counting carbs. I need to get motivated. I'm not gaining, but not losing either.

Today I am supposed to work on grading final quizzes and retakes for my Biology class, so I can send out final transcipts. Sigh. Not motivated to do that either.

All the LuLaRoe! Did I post that I won a new hot pink Cassie (pencil) skirt AND a maxi skirt this weekend? Fucking A yeah! I bought a purple Cassie, which arrived yesterday, and a purple Irma (tunic top). Those aren't to be worn together, lest I look like Grimace. lol I also bought a kickass Cassie with a UFO print, and so that meant I had to purchase a Mars Attacks tshirt off of Amazon. I am super excited about that! I am really on hold now for buying any new clothes. I have lots of options now though! If I lose the 10 more pounds I need to throw off, I will fit comfortably into all of my old tshirts again, and then I really WON'T need to go shopping any more.

Sex lately has been good - DarkKnight and PunkRock have been putting out. I think I've had sex 4 times in the last 2 days, which is a nice level for me. It's also pretty great that they have been taking time to flirt with me, so that keeps my libido primed, and I feel sexy. I got a DICK PIC from DarkKnight the other day y'all! Lol So not something he does regularly, but such a nice surprise! Anyway, it's a really good feeling to look at my husbands and feel all squee and happy, just knowing we are together, and things are going well.

That said, PunkRock has been having a lot of back pain, and higher level pain in his left arm. His surgery has been scheduled for early June on his wrist, so that can't come soon enough! He had his doctor fill out the disability paperwork, and he had that faxed over to his job. He noticed that he can go back to work after about a month, but then it says he has to be part time for a year! We were like, uh, what? So we need to get that clarified. I *think* disability will cover the missing wages if he is only working part time, but it was quite unexpected to see that. It definitely needs to be confirmed. I guess, either way, we don't have an option - both of his arms need surgery, and he really can't be putting it off any longer.

My youngest told me the other day that she may have to stay living with us longer than her move out month of July. She was really nervous about it, but I am feeling really meh. She can stay or go, we have the space. I don't ever want any of my kids to ever feel rushed out the door - all of their launching toward independence has been positive. If she doesn't have the down payment, she doesn't have it, you know? It's funny though - I KNOW the reason it's going to take her an extra month to save up. She's spending a fortune planning her trip to AwesomeCon in DC in June! DarkKnight ALWAYS goes, and she went with him last year and loved it. So this year, she is putting her own funds toward it, and her and her dad are splitting costs so they can stay longer and do more.

 

[Bluebird]

Yay for 5 am phone calls about extended relatives who died days ago but have a funeral scheduled this morning! Ugh.

Yeah. So PunkRock's uncle-in-law died. He's the one who had lung cancer and we had to re-home his cats.(Not sure if I updated or not, but they both were adopted straight from the shelter, so that part ended well.) Anyway, he died earlier this week and I found out about it this morning. So now plans for today are in flux. I am like 90% sure I will go, but PunkRock is still not really awake in his head and is so very grumpy at the moment. It's his day off, so he technically can make it.

It is rather irritating that things start at 10 and we are an hour and a half away. I am not awake yet myself, really.

 

[Bluebird]

So many things going on now, but I don't have a lot of time at the moment to write about them.

Work is progressing in the basement. We should be getting the cash back next week from our security deposit, so we can pay for the floor to be installed. I am in the process of setting up an estimate for some outdoor work on our cement walkways. PunkRock and I have been looking at sheds for the backyard too. I need to do some weeding - rather, my daughter does. We pay for her cell phone in exchange for once a week yard work, and it used to be mowing the front lawn. Now, however, my son does the entire yard, so she hasn't had to do anything for quite a while. She brought it up to me the other day, and I'm like, oh yeah. Lol So I will start assigning some of that to her shortly.

My kitchen is still aggravating me. DarkKnight finished and has all the drawers installed, and he says he will work on the cabinet fronts as soon as I get him some more sandpaper: so that will happen today! I have no idea when my baseboards will be installed, and that makes me unhappy. I don't think I've posted pictures recently, but that is really all we need to finish on the eat-in kitchen section. Check out my gorgeous tulips from DarkKnight!

I have yet to procure some hair dye, and that is on the top of my list today after I get showered. I have been waylayed this morning with making appointments and we had a grocery delivery from Amazon Fresh that I had to deal with. Right now I am chillin with my kitty cats and kinda thinking about what I should wear today. I won a free Maxi skirt that I wore yesterday. Wanna see? It's a crappy pic of me since I had thrown on an old ratty tshirt of PunkRock's.

I was really hating my weight yesterday, but today I woke up and ate a donut, so there you go. Both DarkKnight and PunkRock have agreed to join up with me this summer on a citywide park program, where you visit each of the city's parks over the course of 3 months and do fitness challenges at every one. We have yet to sign up but we are going to do so. I have to say that over the last couple of days I have been really wishing I owned a kayak or canoe again. Neither of our cars has a roof rack though. I am not sure where I would store it when I wasn't using it. Hmmm

 

[Bluebird]

My son was in a car accident tonight. He ran a red light and a big SUV t-boned the driver's door and slammed his vehicle up onto the sidewalk and into a pole. There is zero doubt that he was at fault and that his car is totaled. The SUV will probably be totaled as well. No one was seriously injured, but the driver of the SUV went to the ER to get checked out.

I am so very glad my son is alive. He was pretty shaken up, but he is ok. I was the first person he called, and I went down to pick him up from the scene. He had dinner with us and then DarkKnight drove him home. We had a big powwow, because he only has like $1400 in savings and his insurance was just liability. He has no way of getting more cash either - he has been trying and trying to get another job but he doesn't interview well. He did get a call tonight from his friend - the one guy I dated waaaaaay back when that called me an ugly poser - who might have a used car for my son to buy cheap. I hope that works out.

 

[Bluebird]

I got my period today, right on time. I am emotional AF and exhausted. PunkRock had me feeling out of sorts last night and this morning, and my period didn't help me feel better. Feh. It's all good now but I hate being hormonal.

DarkKnight and I had a fun date day - we went to some yard sales, out to lunch at a local cafe, and then spent some time using the Find-a-Grave app to locate some headstones in a small cemetery nearby. That was fun! We had some frozen lemonade at Sonic and then came home to play Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu, which I had bought prior to moving but still hadn't opened it yet. We were getting our asses handed to us by the elder gods when my son called about his accident.

 

[Bluebird]

Awake! I slept like a log last night. Today is pretty full and tomorrow doesn't look any better. I need to finally color my hair this morning, and I have a tea party with friends at 1 pm. This is funny because DarkKnight and I are actually going to a tea shop next Friday for his birthday! It's all good though. Anyway, after the tea party I have to drive to Martinsburg to help someone with a LuLaRoe promotion. It's the company's 4 year birthday tomorrow, so she is having people hide leggings around town. I get a free pair for hiding one in Hagerstown. I will take a photo of where it is, and then other people can find them. I think that will be fun! Today I am just going over to pick up the leggings, in the evening.

My son will be back over here this afternoon and we need to talk about this car his friend has. Monday I am taking him to the MVA because he never updated his address on his license when he moved out. His license actually expires in a July, so we will just get him a new one, period, tomorrow.

 

[Bluebird]

Yeah, I am feeling super cute today! I went and picked up my new glasses. They are similar to the old ones, only smaller. Better prescription too. I had two compliments on my shirt today, 1 on my skirt, and 1 on my entire outfit. So, I am fucking FIERCE today. lol I am wearing my UFO-themed Cassie skirt and a new tshirt that says" ACK! ACK! ACK! *we come in peace" on it. Bonus points if you don't need me to tell you that's from Mars Attacks! Extra bonus points if you knew before I mentioned it whenever I posted about buying it. lol

I ran a ton of errands this morning, but I am feeling pretty chill now. Not literally, because our central air unit worked one day and then stopped blowing cold. I found a list of stuff to troubleshoot before calling in a pro, so DarkKnight is going to go through that in a short bit here, when he gets off of work. If none of those fixes solve the issue, then I guess we will be calling for an appointment this week. Sigh.

I have been out in the yard a bit today, trying to figure out our land boundaries again. Apparently, we purchased a house location drawing and not an actual survey. So we are certain that the house and all of its improvements belong to us, but we are uncertain as to where the exact plot lines are. I am on a hunt for the plat info online, but the paperwork is being a butt and its not giving me the numbers I need to be able to make the computer tell me the info. I called the surveyor's office that did the drawing and they are going to get back to me. I see a $200+ bill in our future.

 

[Bluebird]

I don't have time to really process this, so I thought I'd dump here and continue my day, will update more later. I had another dental appointment today (didn't take any xanax) and I just left there. Apparently, yes, there has been significant shifting of my teeth on the bottom, all due to the implant fiasco. They are unable to alter any of the shifting done on the right side of my mouth due to the implant being bonded to the two teeth it's between, so I am stuck living with that movement, unless they UNDO ALL OF THE WORK DONE SO FAR THIS YEAR.

SERIOUSLY. So, fuck it. This is my mouth now there. The other side of my mouth has shifted much more significantly, and I will be getting new attachments placed in about a month, and they're ordering me a new set of Invisalign braces to move everything back to where it should be. The orthodontist says that there have been new updates in the technology since I had my original set, so I should be able to change trays every week, rather than every two weeks. So this should cut down the time factor significantly. I am looking at probably 2 months, going through the sets. We won't know for sure until they get here.

I wanted to cry in frustration, but there's nothing I can do. I have no control here. I absolutely must get this fixed though - I dumped SO much money into my mouth, no way am I am going to live looking this way. I am not paying a single cent for them to fix this, so it needs to happen.

But I can't stop this anxiety overwhelming me. Please think positive thoughts - I am not sure if just my own can get me through this bullshit.

Now I have to run to my doctor appointment. This won't be a fun visit either. I am afraid I am going to end up with a list of labs and tests. Gah!

 

[PinkPig]

Sending positive thoughts your way, Bluebird!!

(PS I think you're looking super cute these days, I'm loving all the recent pics you've posted, even the ones you don't like...and I love your dining area!)

 

[Bluebird]

Thank you. I just looked back at the photo I posted yesterday, and my eyebrows are freaky AF. Guess where I am going after the doctor? Lol

 

[Bluebird]

Four pages of tests. FML

 

[Bluebird]

Today is all about PunkRock! We are about an hour into his initial appointment for his tattoo coverup. I am super excited for him.

Existing tat to be covered up:

Getting a feel for placement:

More drawn-on sharpie outline - no stencil:

After the outline is on, his next appointment (in two weeks) will be focused on the second part of the tattoo - a pin up of me, as a chubby mermaid on his arm. At least one tentacle is going to wrap around and interact with that.

This is the inspiration art for the mermaid - I won't have a necklace, but tons of bracelets, and of course my hair will be shorter, and then color! I think my tail will be teal.

The octopus itself is going to be varying shades of mottled purple and gray. I think the goal today is to get most of the head outline actually tattooed on, and maybe some of the tentacles.

I also wanna mention here that PunkRock is currently trying to be completely nicotine free. He has been on just the gum for quite a while, and last Thursday he decided to just be done. He didn't tell me this until I experienced a couple of days of feeing like something was terribly wrong with our relationship, out of nowhere! He was grumpy and short tempered and just seemed like he wanted nothing to do with anything. I think I posted a short bit about how I was out of sorts with him. Well, that's why! Once he told me about his lack of nicotine, I was like, for real, motherfucker? Lol I can deal with a garbage attitude when I know where it is coming from! But also, when I told him how he was giving me all sorts of unhappiness, things improved.

Last night we had a good meal at a local cafe and watched This Island Earth at home. (Old Sci-fi movie) Ha - lots of science stuff lately! Actually, during the end, I had to field some messages from a mama of a Chemistry student of mine about Fall signups. And today I had another Chemistry parent ask me about Astronomy resources. Now here I am in the tattoo parlor, thinking about my own quantum entanglement tattoo. Want!

 

[Bluebird]

Things have been crazy busy. I heard back from the doctor yesterday and I hit positive on BV again. That's the only result that is back so far, and I was just like, for fucking real? The other time I had a positive on this was back before I started my poly self, and I had been monogamous for over 20 years. Crazypants. The receptionist was quick to tel me that it isn't an STD and there is nothing to be said to my partners, but of course I let PunkRock and DarkKnight know. I took my first antibiotic last night. 10 days of bullshit, but at least it's an easy fix. I am not sure what triggers it to show up - everything I have read online says scientists don't know either. Oh well. All I know is that this time, just like the last, I had zero idea. Annual testing is something I will always do for this reason!

I would rather have heard about why my brain fog is so bad, but I guess that is going to have to wait until Monday.

This past week has been a winning one for me - last night I won a new shirt and on a Thursday I won a new skirt. Three new pairs of leggings arrived, though none of those were my style and I quickly regifted them. I have a friend who really needs new clothes because of her weight loss and I am now sending her all the stuff I don't want. Yay for LuLaRoe. Lol

Yesterday DarkKnight and I went to tea. I took him to a place in Waynesboro, and paid for the Queen's Tea, which includes soup, scones, little sandwiches and an array of desserts. Everything was amazingly delicious! We had been here once before - we think it was four years ago! Afterward we ran some errands and both got our hair cut - I shaved my undercut to the skin this time. We went and saw Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 and that was fun. I am probably going to see it again next week with PunkRock.

Anyway, I had dinner with DarkKnight and then a sleepover as well. It was a fun date day and I feel like we had a good connection. Thursday we were together for a big chunk of time too - it was a half day of work for him, so he went over to the animal shelter with me to get a run down on how to prepare for taking some of their cats to events. We ended up having lunch and dinner together then too.

My son didn't end up with his friend's car, so we are still driving him around right now. This guy - God, I don't even know where to begin. His mother was with him, which is just par for the course. She talked to me for like 2 hours while we were waiting for the mechanic to look over the vehicle. It's like she is trying to pimp him out to me as a good guy - but remember, he took a shit all over me when we broke up years ago. I wish DarkKnight had been there to give me a reality check, but I swear she was trying to convince me, again, to have his baby. Sigh.

Anyway, the dude had wanted $2000 for this car, which was the blue book value plus a hundred, if the car is considered good condition. I told him that was high, and just looking, the car was fair, at best. Once we got it in the shop, it was scrap metal value only. Hilariously terrible, because my son was out $75 having it looked at, but at least he isn't out $2000. The transmission was going, needs new rear brakes, distributor, new hood latch and release cable, exhaust work, the headlights need scrubbed out, the air condition is intermittent. Gah! It won't pass inspection without over a thousand in repairs and then that's not touching the transmission yet. I don't think the seller was trying to screw my son over - he really is just fucking clueless. So glad we never got involved seriously.

The plan now is to take my son out to the buy here, pay here place in WV on Tuesday or Wednesday next week. He has been approved but I am worried. This isn't the best financial decision for him - he won't have any savings to set aside for the year and a half he is paying on a car. I am still mulling over the idea of selling him my car for what he can afford, and then buying a new one for myself. That means a payment for us though, and that makes me feel SO uncomfortable. We haven't had a car payment in over a decade. I know that's the normal way of doing things, but debt makes me a little anxious.

 

[Bluebird]

That post was getting long, so I thought I'd break it up.

I really need to sit down and pull out all the bills for the rest of the year and do some filing. I think that will be my priority today, actually. We did get both refunds from the electric company, and our security deposit is back from the old house. I was pleasantly surprised by the amount on that one - it's already spent though, as it will be going toward the basement remodel. PunkRock requested that we look at our estate planning again, as he can't remember what he requested for his funeral plans and such. In Maryland, that stuff should be updated annually, so it's about time anyway. Plus, I still haven't made a decision on my life insurance increase. $85 a month is nothing to sneeze at. I really need to look at the budget for the year. It just gets overwhelming. I will have to break it into manageable pieces again.

Later today we are meeting with our friend and finishing up Pandemic Legacy. He has to work late so it will prolly be around 4:30 before we are able to meet up. I am really bummed about this coming to an end.

 

[Bluebird]

Spoilers ahead for Pandemic Legacy - including the photo.

So, it's over. We played and won late November, but early December was a complete bust. Rather than being able to reduce the amount of faded cities, we had a terrible initial placement of diseases and chain reaction outbreaks took us out quickly. Prior to early December, we had like 15 or so faded cities left to inoculate, and after that loss we were up to like 21. We never even had a chance.

Late December was AMAZING for us. I was the immunologist, and I single-handedly cleared the Faded from North & South America, Africa and finally, Europe. Everyone was having a good game, and a good time. Unfortuntely, we lost the whole shebang months ago - both Paris and London were Fallen, and surrounded by 4s. Sydney was a 5, as was Beijing. Oh, and Montreal, our ground zero, was a 4 or 5 with roadblocks! Just zero way of being able to vaccinate all of those due to entry requirements AND complete the search for the stockpile. Though, guys, we came SO close. It was definitely enjoyable. I the end, we lost late December due to lack of cards in the player deck.

I loved that the overall win/lose scenario was by points. At first we were okay with only having 461 points. At least the world would recover after a few generations, right? We don't need to be on any future currency! But then, we realized that we HAD been helped out by Team Bravo. -200.

So yeah, society collapsed and it was all for nothing.

LMAO

Seriously, I have such great delight in losing, and I am very competitive and type A about my board games!

Absolutely, 100% WOULD RECOMMEND. I wish I could play it again...Season 2 will be released this Fall, I guess.

 

[Bluebird]

I ran some numbers, and I guess I am going to be buying a car this week. I wish I could be happier about it, but having a car payment is not something so look forward to - I haven't had one for over a decade! It is just unavoidable. The plan is to have my son pay fair market value to us for my current car (around $1000) and then I will use that as a down payment on my new vehicle. That way he doesn't have to worry about a payment. He doesn't have any credit, so he can only get financed at a buy here, pay here place, and his interest rate would be almost 24%. Payments $240 a month, when his extra each month is just $250. If he got a flat tire, he wouldn't be able to afford to get it fixed! Just a terrible choice, honestly. I thought about maybe buying him a new car in our name, but I don't want to get caught up in that nonsense, if he were to get into another accident. So, a new car it is for me then!

I looked online last night and I have some prospects. I really wanted to buy myself a new little zippy car next year - a Beetle, or a Mini Cooper. Convertible, of course. But, that honestly won't work for our family. I can't imagine trying to fit us all into it when going on vacation. Leg room is essential. And, well, I kinda have been thinking about buying some kayaks or a canoe this summer. So, today I am going to test drive a few smaller SUVs - Honda CRV/Subaru Outback/Nissan Rogue/Subaru Forester.

Ugh. I really am not excited about this. I feel like my financial plans have been derailed. I am pretty sure that when I go get a big person job next year every single dollar is going to get thrown at this car payment to make it disappear, FIRST. Blargh!

 

[AutumnLeaves]

I very much hope there's a test-driving car update ahead because I'm ALSO looking at giving away my current no-payment car (to my parents) and am ALSO looking between Subaru Outback/Forester and the Honda CRV, sooooo...