New Car

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If you think about it buying a car for someone is one of the coolest things you can do for a person. Jewelry is nice but second to that the car is pretty cool. I had never bought a car for someone until today and it is a great feeling.

Heidi will be helping with the payments because she makes more than me but I think I deserve some credit for trading in a car that I liked quite a bit for a car that makes more sense for the family. I just love my wife so much for not being a fan of mini-vans. Although I would go for a Honda Odyssey.

While I was sad to see the FJ Cruiser go I found that I was more sad about the memories that went with it than the actuall car. A short list:

• My Dad drove us away from our wedding in that car--filled with packages from our dearest friends.
• It is the first brand new car that either of us bought and we bought it together.
• We went to Bar Harbor on our honeymoon in that car.
• We carried our first canoe around in that car--taking little day trips to a small nearby pond and to the river near our house.
• We towed our first boat with that car. The little Penn Yan that Tucker sold us.
• I did my last solo road trip to Ohio in that car. Listening to Bryson's In a Sunburned Country.
• We brought Amelia home in that car. That day in March when the sun was shining but it was snowing.

But as everyone knows, it is, in the end, just a car and I couldn't be happier with our decision.

This note is saccharine enough that you won't need sugar in your coffee tomorrow. I know it is childish to be attached to a car but if you haven't noticed yet--I'm sort of childish.