it’s not about you

We bought a car last week. A NEW car. I had big plans to do a blog post with a picture of Bob (that’s our car) and everything. But I’m too lazy. Actually, that’s not true. We spent something like, three hours, at the Toyota/Scion dealership doing paperwork on Tuesday, and then I spent Wednesday morning getting car insurance quotes. We picked Bob up Wednesday afternoon (Bob is a white 2006 Scion xB), and I tooled around for the city a bit before I brought the kids home and we all took naps.

I spent all day Thursday moving all of our finances over to our new bank accounts - our bank is a national bank, but the computer systems are set up by state, which has made things slightly headache-y, so we got new California accounts - which means new account numbers and new debit cards. It also means resetting all of our payment options for oh, EVERYTHING we do. I took my newfound car freedom and went to Target on Friday. Then we came home and took naps again. Major outings with two kids, including one who wants to be physically attached to you and one who wants to try on everything in the store, are tiring. And yes, I consider Target a major outing.

But we got all kinds of cool stuff, including nice clothes and new shoes for Dad’s wedding, curtains for the living room (finally), and a kiddie sun tent for when we go to the BEACH. Which we will do. At least once a week. Because we have a car and we live in a city that has a BEACH! Exclamation point! Woo hoo!

We rearranged the furniture in the living room this weekend and hung the curtains and it feels really good in there. The curtains are going to be a huge help on both the privacy and the temperature fronts. We organized the closets (again) to make things more accessible. Our space feels “fresher,” if that makes sense. Which is a good thing when you have a family of four in a one-bedroom.

I like my curtains. And my closet space.

Did I mention we bought a car? A NEW car?

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