KirstenL4W

Thank you soooooooooo much Dad, I cannot even begin to tell you how much I appreciate everything you do for me.

See, my dad owns a garage and used car lot, but since I moved to Vegas, it’s been of little help to me, because he is in New Hampshire. You can link to him in my link list. Anyway, when I told Dad that the adjuster totalled my car, a 2003 Kia Spectra, he asked me how I’d like a 2005 Ford Focus. Hey, at this point I’d like something with 4 wheels and an engine. But I have nothing against the Focus. Dad’s in tight with the credit union he does business with, so he can get repo’s really cheap. This is a repo, and in decent shape save for a few dents and desire for interior detailing. So Dad’s fixing it up for me, and the cheapest way to get it to me is for me to fly home and drive it back. That I’d be more than willing to do, so I just might be doing that next week. I’ll let you know.

Oh, the cost. Can’t forget to tell you this. A 4-yr loan, with my $1,000 deductible rolled in, at a much lower interest rate than I have now (Dad won’t mark it up at all) will result in my car payment being about $100/mo less than the Kia. Can I have an Amen?

I had a really bad experience buying the Kia, so I was never attached to it and I’m not sad to see it go. But it turned out to be a very safe little car, since all I ended up with was a broken hand and not even a scratch elsewhere. Even my back and neck are fine - in fact, they’ve never felt better. So even though I was not fond of that car solely because of the circumstances under which it was acquired, I thank God that I was in such a safe vehicle at that unfortunate moment.

Now, I’m hoping for a quick, impromptu visit with my family and cross country drive, in which I hope to avoid hotel stays by visiting friends and family along the way, getting back to Vegas in time to start a new job. Lots of things to work on during the next few days, and lots of possibilities around the corner.

Now if I could just type at a pace other than backwards. I just hope my backspace key holds out!

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