First of all, I got a job! Yay for employment! I'll be working for the public library as an branch library assistant. It'll be part-time at first, but they're hoping to have me working full-time soon. They're gonna use me as a floater, sending me to whatever branch needs me, so I'll get to drive all over the county. Which meant that I needed...
A car!
I got job on Tuesday, so that afternoon, Dad and I looked at some cars online to see what was available and how much it would cost. I really really wanted a Honda Civic, but I knew one would be hard to find. Wednesday afternoon, Dad and I took a drive around town to see if we could find anything, but it was cold and dark and New Year's Eve. No one was open. We looked at a couple cars in the self-sell place and wrote down their information, but decided to go car shopping for real on Friday. So, this morning, we heading up to the Honda dealership and didn't really find anything in my price range. They had a Suzuki Verona that was a bit more than we wanted to spend, but it did have a lot of nice features: leather heated seats, big stereo in the back, V6 engine. Fun to drive around in, but not really the practical car I wanted. So we disappointed the salesman (he was really trying to push that car on us) and went to the Bentley Hyundai place to look around there. My sister and her husband had a Hyundai and they really liked it, so we looked at one they had there. This car fit the budget much better and ended up being the one we got! It's a 2003 Hyundai Elantra and only has 39,000 miles on it. An old man had just traded it in for a new one. Hence, the low mileage. Also hence, the long scratch down the side of it. We heard from the guy who did the paperwork with us that the old man had just come in earlier because he had dinged up his new car that he just traded for. So, yeah, my new car is a little "weathered". The moral of the story is when you get too old, you shouldn't drive cars anymore. I, however, look forward to many good times with my new car.
Me and my new car!And also, the houses across the street. And also, the vertically challenged mountains of Alabama in the background.
