Changes

Well, we said goodbye to our car on Saturday. It sold a lot faster than I thought it would (two days after I put it up for sale). The whole experience was a welcomed relief to my anxieties I still carried from our four month ordeal selling our Volvo. Basically all I had to say this time was "Dude, it's a Honda."

Needless to say, after I watched our car drive away Friday night, I realized we had no car. It's sounds kinda dumb, but it didn't really hit me until just then. The crappy part was that I had already realized (thanks to multiple syllabi, invitations to work on research projects, and a growing client load) that I would have little time to find us a new car. So I got on the horn and tried to figure out what our best option would be. After many phone calls and a trip back to the dealer where we bought the Accord, this is what we got.

Lisa's smiling face behind the wheel says it all! We are very happy with the van. After we were all done with the paperwork, we stopped by our friend's house to return the car they let us borrow. It was fun to see Lisa and Christine (my friend Ryan's wife) come back after they went for a spin. I know it will give Lisa a lot more opportunities to get out and do stuff with friends (much needed activities right now).

Nicole hasn't said much about the new van, but Vanessa calls it her "coach" (she's Cinderella...just ask her, she'll tell you). She asked where the horsies were, and I told her it had 244 horsies under the hood.

I have to admit, when I was driving it home all by myself, I felt a little less than manly. But once I picked up the girls and we went cruising as a family, I felt like a real man!