It's been a few days since I blogged. It has been full and busy and fun and not so fun. A little of everything. I plan on posting pictures and telling a couple of stories but that will wait til later (maybe even later today if I have a chance). But this blog is to tell of the sad end of our sweet little volkswagen Jetta. Nothing dramatic like a big car accident or anything. I'm afraid that it appears to be dying of old age. We took it in yesterday and there are a few things needing work. We couldn't afford to fix it even if we wanted to but it wouldn't be worth it anyway. So ya - the last vestige of our life 'before triplets' is gone. It'll be missed! (so will having a second vehicle but what can ya do!). It's funny how something like that can bring you some sentimental moments. We have a lot of memories with that car. We took some trips with that car. We went back and forth for IVF full of emotions in that car. We brought Caden home in that car. Caden and I zipped around together in it when he was little. It was a fun little car. Guess now I need to fall in love with our minivan...
Stay in your lane. Don't look at other people's papers. Those couple of lines jumped out at me as I read Maria Goff's book " Love Lives Here" It reminded me that we can't all live the same life. Comparisons hold us back and discourage us like nothing else. We have fears of being different when we are SUPPOSED to be different. I grew up trying to fit in and not doing a very good job at it. When I was in my teens I thought I'd try a new approach so I started trying to be the opposite of what I was because I thought that is what everyone else wanted me to be. I am chatty and energetic and I tried to be dainty and quiet. I didn't do a very good job of that either. Yikes. Trying to be someone we're not is exhausting and it doesn't work. We seldom fool anyone or achieve the goal we thought we wanted. What we all really want I think, is to connect with one another and to matter. As an adult I have had goals and held them up against other p...
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1. Memories....
a. Driving back into Dauphin after seeing Keith Urban at Countryfest singing at the top of our lungs
b. Justin freezing me and 4 other guys on the way to Carlyle at Men's retreat... cold night, windows and sun roof open - he had the heater cranked for himself
c. Justin and me coming back from skiing and him saying "Let's see how fast this car can go" - it was scary.
2. I think Justin sabotaged the Jetta! He just wanted to drive the minivan exclusively.... Justin loves his minivan.... Justin loves his minivan :)
So what happens to it now? Does this mean that Justin buys a motorcycle to go back and forth to work with (I will sell him mine!) Cheap - good on gas - looks cooler than a minivan. :)
I will miss the Jetta too. :(
Remember driving to Dauphin and the bubble gum on the steering wheel incident? That was hilarious!
Anywho....RIP little Jetta, RIP!
Good luck falling in love with your minivan....I mean....
heehee.
Have a gooder!