Meagan’s final concert was Friday night and we had a blast! The 9th grade sang “Bohemian Rhapsody” as their class song and they did a great job. Charlie and I were tickled because it’s one of our fave songs and was a nice change from the sacred music the choir sang the rest of the year. After the concert we went to Braum’s and Emily was telling us how Charlie sang along to “Bohemian Rhapsody” and how funny it was because he sang it so LOUD!
Friday we also discovered that “Clifford” (my 79 dodge diplomat) is no longer serviceable. I was going to give it to a friend, but discovered a giant rat nest in the engine. The rat chewed through the wires and Clifford is not going to start without some serious repairs. I’m not willing to spend $500 or more on a car that old, and the friend I was going to give it to needed a car that runs immediately. I felt so bad and desperately did not want to share this horrible news.
When we got home from checking on Clifford, I noticed the neighbor’s garage door open. They have a car for sale and for the first time I noticed it was a Toyota Camry. We discussed buying it from them before, but for some reason I thought it was a Ford or Chevy and didn’t think it was a good investment because it has high mileage. To make a long story short, Saturday, Charlie and I bought the Camry and decided to give the friend our Buick. The Buick isn’t a beauty queen anymore, but it runs!
So, I invited my friend out to lunch to share the news about the car. Of course, first I had to break the bad news first and I could tell he was disappointed. (I know he was thinking, “Dammit, nothing good ever happens to me!”) Then I told him that we bought a new car for Charlie to drive and we were giving him the Buick. He was in shock and literally shaking. I was enjoying myself because it’s always great to make someone happy.
Meagan and I cleaned the Buick up Sunday morning, and then I took her to an isolated area and let her practice driving. She was having some trouble, so I went back to the house and got the Camry and let her try with it instead. We had so much fun and she did so well. I want her to be comfortable driving a car before she starts Driver’s Ed. Good News for us! The insurance will only cost another $20 to add her to the policy when she is 16.
Emily started working at a local restaurant this weekend, so we went there for breakfast Sunday morning. While we were there, Charlie and I started talking about the moon the night before. “Was that Venus next to the moon last night?” I asked him. “Yes,” he replied, “because it’s too big to be Uranus.”
(Insert sound of me slapping him silly here.)
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