c’est la vie

Every time we have had to cram our kids into the back seat of our Xterra in the past year Jenn and I have thought about getting a minivan. When stuffed into the back seat, Emma enjoys pulling Brooke’s hair, Brooke likes to be in Andrew’s business, and Andrew is a teenager who is subject to varying degrees of emotions. We have been car payment free for the last six years and were hesitant to spend money we don’t have on a vehicle not absolutely needed.

A couple of weeks ago a friend approached Jenn and asked if he could buy our SUV. We agreed on a price and the wheels were in motion. I found a used minivan in Columbus that fit our budget and went to pick it up on Tuesday. On my home from Columbus I received a call from Jenn that she was in the Jiffy Lube parking lot because our other car had overheated and apparently had a broken radiator hose. Unfortunately that was not the worst of our poor car’s problems. Our mechanic informed us that the motor had become so hot, due to the radiator hose breaking, that the headers had broken. The whole job would end up costing between three to five thousand dollars for a car that is worth about fifteen hundred dollars.

I have to keep telling myself that the two situations are completely separate but it is difficult to think that we went from two good vehicles one week to one used minivan the next.

I look forward to owning a horse drawn carriage one day.