School's out for summer...
I've just returned from our trip to Seattle and back. It was an enjoyable time, but didn't really feel like a "vacation". I love Seattle and love spending time with the family. It's just that this time, we had only a couple of days and those days were filled with errands and tasks....
We saw an awesome fireworks show and we did see a movie. Click. Don't see it! painful...
Don's mom bought a new car and decided to give Don her old one. It's a Ford from the 90s driven by the little old lady from Redmond. It's got about 30,000 miles on it, compared to Don's Subie with about 200 something thousand miles. It's clean, runs well, blah blah blah. I'm very thankful to her. Saves us a buncha money. I have big-time mixed feelings about it, however. I feel like a little kid, getting hand-me-downs from Mom 'cause I can't make my own way. Makes me feel uncomfortable and it's a little humiliating. Plus, this is an old fogie car. I really like my car. Ironically, the car I'd gotten rid of and drove for 10 years that I never liked that my ex-husband picked out was the very same car Don's driving now. It doesn't make sense to get rid of it, because for the same money we'd only find an older crappier car with more mileage. blehhhh...
That big long ramble leads us to our drive home. It was lovely. There are some beautiful sights between Seattle and here. We didn't take the coast, which would have been fabulous if we'd had the time. We stayed one night at a Motel 6 in Weed, CA. It's a small forresty town that's watched over by Mt. Shasta. The coffee shop where we had dinner carried all kinds of souvenirs announcing "Get High in Weed". Corny. And this sign:
We visited San Francisco and stayed the night there before heading home.
Look at our hotel lobby. Isn't it great?
You've probably seen this before...
So, anyhoo. I'm home...With 6 weeks or so to refresh and renew. Hopefully, we'll take a quick weekend or two away. Other than that, I plan to clean a closet or three and throw away stuff...anything that's not nailed down or required for living. I think I'll drag in the dumpster and just fill it up. I feel like getting rid of the old so I can bring in the new. I'll let you know how that goes!
We saw an awesome fireworks show and we did see a movie. Click. Don't see it! painful...
Don's mom bought a new car and decided to give Don her old one. It's a Ford from the 90s driven by the little old lady from Redmond. It's got about 30,000 miles on it, compared to Don's Subie with about 200 something thousand miles. It's clean, runs well, blah blah blah. I'm very thankful to her. Saves us a buncha money. I have big-time mixed feelings about it, however. I feel like a little kid, getting hand-me-downs from Mom 'cause I can't make my own way. Makes me feel uncomfortable and it's a little humiliating. Plus, this is an old fogie car. I really like my car. Ironically, the car I'd gotten rid of and drove for 10 years that I never liked that my ex-husband picked out was the very same car Don's driving now. It doesn't make sense to get rid of it, because for the same money we'd only find an older crappier car with more mileage. blehhhh...
That big long ramble leads us to our drive home. It was lovely. There are some beautiful sights between Seattle and here. We didn't take the coast, which would have been fabulous if we'd had the time. We stayed one night at a Motel 6 in Weed, CA. It's a small forresty town that's watched over by Mt. Shasta. The coffee shop where we had dinner carried all kinds of souvenirs announcing "Get High in Weed". Corny. And this sign:
We visited San Francisco and stayed the night there before heading home.
Look at our hotel lobby. Isn't it great?
You've probably seen this before...
So, anyhoo. I'm home...With 6 weeks or so to refresh and renew. Hopefully, we'll take a quick weekend or two away. Other than that, I plan to clean a closet or three and throw away stuff...anything that's not nailed down or required for living. I think I'll drag in the dumpster and just fill it up. I feel like getting rid of the old so I can bring in the new. I'll let you know how that goes!
posted by Anonymous G | 10:51 AM
2 Comments:
I'm glad you had a good trip and a safe drive home. I know it can be a bummer to have a car that you don't really like but if you think about it in terms of $$ in your pocket, you can't go wrong. I'd rather drive an old hand-me-down than spend $250/mo for the next 5 years for something that completely loses it's value anyway. Before you've paid it off. There's so many cooler things you can do with the cash you save! (Like travel!) lol
hugs,
a
I'm glad you had fun, and I'm sorry we missed each other (Including A). I'm sure there will be other trips out this way- and I'm sure I'll be out that way too.
One day... one day...
xoxo
(PS- I'm still wading through email- so I'll reply sometime this week!)
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