I told you I was spoiled
So we had two red cars last week, and this week we have one red(ish) car and one pretty, shiny, gorgeous silver car because we traded in the (fucking) Ford (yes, I totally just copied Weetabix there because that's how I am) and bought a fancy new Hyundai Sonata for me to drive. Kevin has taken over the Civic (which is a good, good car, who does not mind us ignoring it and costs like...$500 a year to use including gas, unlike the fucking Ford which cost us $500 every time we went in to get an oil change).
It's way more car then we intended to buy, but thanks to a shitty economy, our credit union was practically throwing money at us at lovely low interest rates and the car dealers are practically paying people to buy their cars so we could suddenly afford the Really Nice Version of the car we had picked out. So instead of a 4 cylinder, we got the V6...with a sunroof, dual chrome exhaust, XM radio, and about a million little storage areas (a fact which amuses me to no end because I keep finding new places to hide things). It still gets decent mileage, and yay, an engine with oomph! I am in love with the car but am having a hard time with one little thing.
It is nearly impossible for me to drive below 70 mph. And the dealer told me to try and keep it under 70 mph for the first 600 miles for the break in period.
I know, it's a stupid thing but I just want to GO! FAST! In my shiny fast car!! So of course, less than 48 hours after we bought the car I was zipping along the freeway (on the way back to the dealer actually) and I was going about 80 (oops) when this CHP officer pulls up behind me, flashes his lights and gives a quick little siren beep. I started to pull over but he motioned me over to a lane on the right and as he passed me he mouthed the words "SLOW! DOWN!"
I think he was just offended that I was driving a new car too fast since it is obviously still in the break in period, what with it not having any plates or anything. At least he didn't feel the need to give me a ticket for it.
So yeah, I'm looking forward to the road trips on our calendar now. Wanna join us?
And also, I want a new iPod
Man, it's been a slow and maddening week. And tonight was the capper, what with the upstairs neighbor's toilet overflowing all into the wall and ceiling of our bathroom (we are now on Mushroom & Mold Alert 2008). But I have high hopes for this weekend. Not that I'm expecting the Easter Bunny to show up, showering me with
Sugar Free Peeps or anything, but the weather is supposed to finally go back to being warm and balmy and perfect for afternoons in the park. We had a perfect weekend a couple of weeks ago, so rather than lay around the house that Sunday, we took advantage of the weather to go to Balboa Park and...lay around. But laying around outside while reading
I Capture The Castle and snacking on cinnamon almonds is not considered sloth. It's considered healthcare, what with the Vitamin D from the sun and the healthy fats from the almonds and the brain exercise from reading actual literature instead of watching another Lifetime movie.
Speaking of literature, I have since finished
I Capture The Castle and moved on to
The Road To Wellville (minor trivia: TC Boyle was a professor in residence at USC when I was there, but I never took any of his classes or seminars because I am an IDIOT). So far, 2008 has been a good year for good books; no duds yet. Eventually I'll post my reading list somewhere just so you guys can see that I'm not always watching soap operas and Rock of Love.
In non-reading news, I gave in to the hype and bought us some
Sigg water bottles and woohoo! Love! No leaching plastic, no creation of more trash, and on top of that, they are pretty. Well, mine is pretty and Kevin's is arty and manly. However, I ordered mine before I discovered that there is a
Hello Kitty version so now I'm going to have to buy another one.
I should perhaps not be buying myself a second $20 water bottle since really, the next few months are going to find me very, very spoiled. (But how is that any different than any other time, right?) And also, we have quarterly travel planned this year, the year that I declared we would do NO TRAVELING. Oh, and there's my best friend's wedding which OH MY GOD I AM SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY. And also, I need lots of
pretty dresses to get through the spring and summer.
(But you totally know I am going to buy that second bottle, right?)
In other news, Kevin has started a new blog. It is a blog which at times makes me sound like I am a coked out 13 year old with an IQ of 97, but it is amusing nonetheless. So if you'd like to get a glimpse into our daily life, go check out
The Tao of Wife.
And really, there's nothing I can top that with so with that, I say adieu.
