My time here in Seattle, well Renton actually, is coming to an end. I work 2 more days, I have Friday off and then will come home on Saturday!! I have had a great time, really most of the time I have been working. I came to fill in for one of Dr. Rossi's hygienists, she got married last Saturday. We all had a super time at the wedding! All us girls danced the night away!!
I got in town last Tuesday at 11:30pm and was at work Wednesday morning at 7:30!! It has been great working with my friends, and Dr.John and seeing my former patients. My friend Paulette even came back to work to help fill in, so really it was like oId times!! I have stayed with several friends and the kids, everyone has been so hospitable, but I must admit I'll be glad not to be living out of my suitcase and sleeping in my own bed soon!!
I did sell my Contour-sniff-but she has a great home and when I get home I will pick up my new car!!!
I decided on the Mazda 6 GT. It was the only one left of the 07's and it is red. I loved the little 3GT but it was pretty small and my guys are big and I want them to be comfy if they ever drive with me!! The 6 has more power and a smoother ride so I think I will be very Happy with it!!
Just a few days left and soon I will click my heels and be home!
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Very Scary!!
I am about to do something I HAVE never done before-pick out and purchase my own car. I have never ever really had much say about the car I have driven.
My first car was a green Ford Fairlane station wagon, very safe, very big. Dad gave it to me for several months but then gave it to his girlfriend with the promise that he would help me with a down payment for another car. Well I was excited to let Dixie have the wagon, I had hopes of a 1965 Ford Mustang running thru my head. I found one it was beautiful, root beer brown and in great condition, but not safe for a girl. So Dad picked out a pea-green 1974 Ford Pinto wagon. You know the ones that were actually car bombs in disguise if hit just right! Yes-- My dream car-not. Several months later when my brother Lane turned 16 he got a '65 electric blue mustang. Yes I was envious, even more so when it got totalled and he got another one!!!!
I drove that Pinto off the lot,never having driven a manual transmission mind you, jerk -stop- stall, jerk- stop- stall. Dad did keep his promise and put $500 down on it and I made the $100 car payments all the way thru high school and after I got married! Brian drove it away from the church the day we were married, jerk- stop- stall, all over again! We drove that car until the seat rusted out from the floor and it only started on a prayer.
Brian came home one day with a Ford Escort. Safer for baby Brianne than the Jeep truck he drove. Then came the Ford Taurus Wagon, are you seeing a trend?? The Ford Aerostar mini-van that caught fire and burned to the ground-recalled ignition. The Mercury Sable (upgrade!) Wagon, and then the Mercury Tracer which Brianne inherited, when I got my Ford Contour 10 years ago!!
So NO more Ford cars for me. I am ready to move on and get what I like, very daunting that!!
Car dealerships SCARE me to death. I have driven Subaru's, Brian is fond of the Legacy.
Nissan's, I like the coupe he likes the Altima sedan. And Mazda's, I like the m3GT, he doesn't fit in their little coupe, unless the sunroof is open-could be a problem!
So for now the search is on, Maybe I will make a decision before I leave to come to Seattle next week!!
My first car was a green Ford Fairlane station wagon, very safe, very big. Dad gave it to me for several months but then gave it to his girlfriend with the promise that he would help me with a down payment for another car. Well I was excited to let Dixie have the wagon, I had hopes of a 1965 Ford Mustang running thru my head. I found one it was beautiful, root beer brown and in great condition, but not safe for a girl. So Dad picked out a pea-green 1974 Ford Pinto wagon. You know the ones that were actually car bombs in disguise if hit just right! Yes-- My dream car-not. Several months later when my brother Lane turned 16 he got a '65 electric blue mustang. Yes I was envious, even more so when it got totalled and he got another one!!!!
I drove that Pinto off the lot,never having driven a manual transmission mind you, jerk -stop- stall, jerk- stop- stall. Dad did keep his promise and put $500 down on it and I made the $100 car payments all the way thru high school and after I got married! Brian drove it away from the church the day we were married, jerk- stop- stall, all over again! We drove that car until the seat rusted out from the floor and it only started on a prayer.
Brian came home one day with a Ford Escort. Safer for baby Brianne than the Jeep truck he drove. Then came the Ford Taurus Wagon, are you seeing a trend?? The Ford Aerostar mini-van that caught fire and burned to the ground-recalled ignition. The Mercury Sable (upgrade!) Wagon, and then the Mercury Tracer which Brianne inherited, when I got my Ford Contour 10 years ago!!
So NO more Ford cars for me. I am ready to move on and get what I like, very daunting that!!
Car dealerships SCARE me to death. I have driven Subaru's, Brian is fond of the Legacy.
Nissan's, I like the coupe he likes the Altima sedan. And Mazda's, I like the m3GT, he doesn't fit in their little coupe, unless the sunroof is open-could be a problem!
So for now the search is on, Maybe I will make a decision before I leave to come to Seattle next week!!
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