Yesterday was the final day of finals for son2 and we drove the children to Memphis to meet their natural Dad and new fiancee’. There was a misunderstanding of where we were to meet, but quickly handled and then the unloading and reloading. Mr. Bingley went to Arkansas for Christmas, so there was the kennel and their “stuff” to handle. I may need a uhaul to get them all home. We took the new family car….and it was a first road experience for all of us in it loaded down…..yeah for more leg room and yeah for a son and husband who were thrilled with the choice!
You see, it all started Thanksgiving. Our 6’3″ boy was so crooked in the backseat of the Honda Civic, his head tilted forward to fit the entire 9 hour drive to my Dad’s. He’s torso tall as my brothers and cousin are, we had not realized it since often he is driving with his permit. That lead to “maybe we should realign what we use for a family car to the truck” but then the leg room in the access Toyota tundra wasn’t enough for his knees…and long story short we went shopping.
Because my husband believes I am his queen and the children’s queen mum (thanks Sami for the wordsmithing in August) and treats me as such, and because I am a great believer in bargains, so I want the impossible with the unavailable…but again God provided and we were able to buy this.
…for far less money than the Civic….and it though the gasoline costs will increase by 30%, the insurance difference will pay the difference up to $4.25 a gallon of gas….so for now at least we’re in it, it works financially, and it turns out I am totally finding a part of me that hasn’t existed since 1986 when I owned a red Jeep in New Mexico!!
