Saturday my parents and I did a little car shopping. We stayed in town which was fine because I was tired and our town is equipped with quite a few little car places. We test drove a Rav4 and I hated it. I do not like my mom's Rav4, so why would I like one for myself? I find them very hard to drive and park. Saturday led to nothing except that I was very firm on my dislike of the Rav4 and I was willing to sit in whatever vehicle my parents wanted me to (aside from Honda Accords, don't ask), but I was very unlikely to choose a sedan that I wanted to try out. I still wanted an SUV.

Sunday went much better. I woke up that morning with an awful, awful headache. I was slow to get up and had a hard time getting ready to go because of that, but my mood was fine and eventually we were all ready to go. Destination: Subaru of Nashua where my dad and my uncle had seen a few cars and my uncle was meeting us there. My mom and I were very thankful to have my uncle because if there's any career you'd want in the family, it's a car mechanic. He knows EVERYTHING there is to know and knew within seconds if the car had something wrong with it or something that wasn't exactly "wrong" but not good enough.

Mum had convinced me that morning that I should be willing to try out cars if they saw any that were deemed acceptable and they pointed out two sports cars across the lot, two 2006 Impreza 2.5i's, one black and one blue and told me to test drive one of them. The Subaru sales person following us around and being very helpful was a little cute blond named Jackie who readily handed over keys to cars for my uncle and dad to examine and for me to try out the car. I picked the blue one to drive and off me, mom and Grace (she had no choice but to come since Sophie was home. She had fun though) went. I was surprised at how much I actually enjoyed driving the car. The fact it was a sports car made it better because it had the speed appeal to it and even though I'm not a fast driver and don't like going over 55 MPH in most situations, I do like the fact it was a fast car. The engine isn't overly loud but it definitely has a hum-purr tenor to it. It feels powerful, which in turn makes me feel powerful. That was definitely one of the biggest selling points for me because one of the reasons I'd wanted an SUV was that I didn't want to feel weak and close to the ground in a little car. But this one, with the spoiler on the back, the not at all boring shade of blue and the zippiness in the driving made me feel powerful. 

I have monthly car payments that are slightly staggering to my mind but I don't really think they'll be too hard to pay. I just need a job. I want to go canvas the area and collect applications. I'll bring them all home and then go back and return them the next day. I can't take the time to fill them out right then and there. Now that would be a waste of time and a huge bother. 

I am watching my gas though and trying to notice the different gas prices around. With the money I do have, I want to be thrifty and spend as little as I can on frivolous things.

My dad, my uncle, my mom and I closed the deal on Sunday and the next day my dad and I drove up to get my baby. Dad followed me home which made me a bit nervous because I wasn't sure if he would critique my driving skills when we got home, but he didn't and I enjoyed my car very much.

I feel as though a big bump in my life as smoothed out. Having a car is a huge factor in many steps that I need to take this year, and now with that accomplished, I feel like it's a bit easier to breathe.