Picture this...My alarm goes off at 6:50am and I roll out of bed, eat breakfast and through on my clothes for work. I grab my big teacher bag full of graded papers and my purse before I rush out the door. The driveway is icy so I slide to my car door. I grab the handle and give it a tug only to realize that It is not going to budge. My fingers are stiff as I fumble for my keys. I thought I unlocked the door but maybe not. I turn the key again and give the door another tug. No luck. So I run around to the passenger side and voila, door opens! I through my bags inside and reach over to get the ice scraper. I run around the car to start scrapping the windows and I think "oh I should have the car running so it will be warm when I get in." I run back around to the passenger side and reach over to turn the car on. Then it is back to scrapping. Finally I have the car all cleaned off so I climb in the passenger door and shimmy my way across the center consul. I drive to work, park and as I start to climb back over the seat to get out I see two of my co-workers peeking in at me. I climb out straighten myself and say "Good Morning" as I run into the building.
Now anyone who knew the old Kia Optima knows that I was itching for an upgrade. My plan was to drive the Optima back to California after school let out and sell it ASAP. Then I would take the money I got from the sale and purchase a car there in Cali. My parents had agreed to help me out with a loan to get a car I really liked and so all I had to do was live with the Optima for a few more weeks. Don't get me wrong the Optima was a good car as far as getting me from place to place. I didn't even come close to loving it but I was OK with driving it until I could get my sweet new ride:) That was until... the door latch broke and I was no longer able to enter the car from the drivers side. I was just glad I was able to be the comic relief for my co-workers at school!!
When my family came out for Graduation they came to understand why I had been complaining about my car. My mom had a rash on her arms from climbing into the car from the passenger side. After my last softball game I came to learn that my father had been looking at the local car dealerships. I hadn't been expecting to purchase a brand new car but was pretty excited about the news. My dad had looked at a couple good cars and so the whole family went to look this time and even take a few out for test drives. I had narrowed my options down to a few but we still couldn't get the price we were looking for so after 4 hours of car shopping we went home to sleep on it. The next day we again drug the whole family out to look at cars again. Grandma Jo was an especially good sport sitting in the car to wait for the whole ordeal to be over. Brandon threw in his opinions here and there and was the official space tester (what with his long legs and all). My mom was moral support and a voice of reason and my dad of course was the business manager (wheeler and dealer). Buying a new car was not the best experience but driving my new Glacier Blue 2008 Honda CRV off the lot, PRICELESS!! I love love love my new car and it fits my new teacher persona perfectly.
