"Girl Moments"

I'm so excited for a fresh month to be here. February was a tough month for us. So I have a funny story to share on just how dramatic girls may be at times. Blake had a beautiful Subaru Legacy that he bought before we got married. It had all the bells and whistles, and was a really fun car to drive. Since we've been living in Washington I've been driving his car and he's been driving my Mazda 3. We made the switch because the gas mileage is much better in the Mazda as well as the maintenance costs of that car. Towards the end of this past summer the Legacy needed a lot of things done to it. New tires, new spark plugs, new brake pads....on and on and on and then when we thought the worst was behind us the turbo charged engine began to fail last month. Needless to say we were stuck between a rock and a hard spot. Do we pay and replace the turbo and hope the next one lasts us another 100,000 miles or do we trade in the Legacy for an Outback. We had always talked about getting an Outback because it has much more room in the back end for our future dog and kids. So after many weeks of contemplation we traded in the Legacy and bought an Outback. Now most people would be so excited to be driving around a new (not brand new 08') car, but not me I was in tears over it. When we went to the dealership the night we bought Greta-that's what we named her, we knew that we wouldn't be coming home with our old car. I was okay with that. But as we made the decision and we were cleaning out the car to put our belongings into Greta the tears began to flow. And they continued when we signed over the Legacy, and boy did they flow as we were driving down the freeway home with our new car. Blake was beside himself. He was at a loss of words to comfort me. I had to resort to calling my mom and asking her to give me the "buck up speech." That's what we call it when we need to talk someone into toughening up. My mom was so confused as to why the new car was causing so many tears. I went on to tell her that I was sad about having to put down our family dog; I was sad that my grandma's health was declining so fast; and I was sad that we had just traded in our young and hip car for a grocery getter for a life we didn't have yet. I know dramatic-right?! Blake calls them "girl moments" and boy did I have a serious one. After that dreadful, dramatic night I was fine and love my new car a lot. I do still miss the sportiness of the Legacy, but I love the space that the Outback has for all my groceries :)