VaCaDay 6

Just an average, ordinary day. Bought a car, got a tattoo.

Okay, K is buying the car, but with some assistance, which is okay. We looked at Toyotas yesterday, and at Hondas and Mazdas today. (Speaking of Mazdas, am I the only one who hears "Mazda" and thinks "Piston engines go boing boing boing boing boing, Mazda engines go hmmmmmmmmmm"? Okay, I am.)

Anyway. The upshot is that she is getting a one-year old Yaris with only 9000 miles on it because it was a showroom car for two or three thousand dollars less than she could have gotten a three or four year old Honda or Mazda with a lot more miles. This is a used car that is essentially a new car, with the new car warranty and all, and all up-to-date stuff in it. The Yaris is a strange little car, but it looks very nice and dependable. We'll pick it up on Tuesday, although she says she has "The Veruca Salts", which is to say, She wants is NOOOOWWW! Although she understands that we need to go to the bank, call the insurance, etc.

The tattoo took literally five minutes. At the moment, it's still bandaged, so I'll get you a picture tomorrow.

And that's it. The weather has just been remarkable this week, a perfect vacation week. Oh, I forgot. This little bit of news. Now, we have this fabulous bike/walking path that runs along a river through several towns. Although this did not happen in our town, it happened this morning right near the part of the path where K walks every morning, but didn't today, because we were car shopping. On our way home, we rode over a bridge over the path and there were news trucks covering the story of the bear on the bike path. Swell.

Okay, that's really it. Boy, you don't know how much you use your right hand (if you're right handed) until you've got a big black plastic bandage over your wrist, and you're thinking about how often that part of your arm where the tattoo is touches stuff.



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