I had a six month check up with my primary care physician on Tuesday. The appointment was made six months ago when my daughter did not work on Tuesdays. Now she does (and loves it). The appointment was at 1:30 and the boys get out of school at 2:40. Jesse drove me and wanted to stay as he was hopeful I'd be done by 2:00.
Doc was 15 minutes late (as usual) and very thorough (as usual) and decided to collect my bodily fluids even though I had not fasted. And a bone scan. So Jesse left, got the boys and then drove back to retrieve me. I am now looking into getting us a 3rd car. My first thought was to rent a car, (Subaru Forester) for a week before buying a used one. But I really do love the Honda Odyssey (8 years old) for easy in and out ... great gas mileage and uses regular gas. Kate drive's her Dad's 16 year old Acura MDX that gets low gas mileage and I need an escalator to get in. And the GPS doesn't work. In addition, she is a Messy Mouse and uses the back of the SUV for planting equipment and supplies. She eats lunch in her car and puts used cigarette butts in a jar yet the car smells like smoke anyway. UCK
So the new plan is that Jesse can pick a used vehicle. The boys are now in water polo, soccer and math tutoring so he spends the most time in the car. (Minimum of 2x a week for each activity, sometimes more). For 6 years we've managed with just two cars but it is more difficult as I seem to have an appointment or two every week as well as taking up acupuncture twice a week.
Starting on Monday, I'm doing a long term rental of a medium SUV to hold us over until he finds something. Especially since he will be helping my niece with her Tiny House to prep for Air BnB business and was limited to only the three days that Kate doesn't work. (That's a story for a whole other blog ... her friend (tenant for 6 months) destroyed the place, left tons of stuff behind ... hope to do that blog for Thursday!)
Anyway, whichever car is "mine", I won't be hauling empty bottles and cans, drop offs for Goodwill, huge bags of soil and mulch, and other stuff. I can decide last minute to run out for my favorite salad fixings, a bottle of wine, the library, the bank, and other fun Grandmother stuff.
The second row of seats in the van is littered with little boys masks, wrappers and bags from school breakfast (which they eat on the ten minute drive home). Having my own car means I can accept an invitation to coffee AND drive to pick up a friend to take along, without embarrassment.
Life is looking good!
You will enjoy having your freedom back with a car of your own. The next ten years is going to get busier and busier with those boys.
ReplyDeleteRenting out the Tiny House is probably not going to work out as well as your niece wants. We had rental cottages, houses and apartments for several decades and few tenants respect the property. She will learn that even with friends to get a heavy deposit up front because business is business.
She has learned a valuable lesson. She did get $1,700 deposit so that should cover most of the stuff. Her goal is to have an Air BnB so no one will ever again have six months to trash the place. I didn't have a good experience either. My sister has 3-4 rentals and one house has had the same tenants for 20 years! Luck of the draw????
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