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So, I bought a car yesterday. A new-to-me, black, 2021 Kia Sportage. Very exciting; very stressful, lol.

I signed all the paperwork and went to lunch with BabyBoy and then came home and collapsed on the couch for the rest of the day. The last time I bought a car was 7? 8? years ago and while it’s much easier to sort out and find availability online, it’s still A Lot.

So now I need to sell my minivan and take care of a donation of another car and then decide if we want to keep the small truck or if we want to sell that and get something actually small.

I’m exhausted just thinking of it all.

But hey, I have something I can drive through the mountains and to the beach for the upcoming trips we have in September. The minivan has 201,000 miles on it and the transmission is getting pretty dicey. No way we were going to drive that.

The day before New Car Day, Oldest, BabyBoy, and I went and got haircuts and new styles, also for the travels in September. And the day before *that*, Oldest and I went and got new glasses. It’s been a very expensive week. And that’s not even going to DragonCon this year.

It’s also a good thing it’s a long weekend here in the US because next week is bonkers at the office: an off-site fiscal year kick-off, an on-site customer visit/interview/happy hour/screen printing event that should be a free-for-all, and yet another re-org meeting. Plus, y’know, actual work that needs to happen. I promise to hydrate and sleep and eat lots of protein & veggies. Cross my heart.

(I’ll let you know how it goes, have a good Sunday night!)