Last Friday, I picked up my new-to-me-car.  It’s a 2004 Ford Taurus; perhaps not my first choice (and definitely not my lasr choice either) but beggars cannot be choosers.  Besides, I’ve never really been much of a car guy.  The most important thing s that I have a car again.

Sometimes you forget just how essential an automobile has become in our society.  It’s more than just a status symbol.  In the world we live in today, it is almost essential.  Having gone nearly two years without owning a car, this is a fact that has not escaped me.  Owning a car again is going to make a lot easier for The Auteur, 1B and myself:  We’ll be able to work differing schedules, we can take 1B to and from school and other extracurricular activities.  We’ll be able to split everyday errands between us.  The list goes on and on…

I’m so grateful to my parents, without whom getting this car simply would not have been possible.  The car has a few miles on it, but it is in remarkably good shape.  I see myself keeping better care of this car that I have for any other vehicle I have ever owned.  I feel like I simply am not going to take this car for granted.  Like my teaching certificate, it’s an essential that I needed to achieve the goals I have set out for myself in this life.

In other news, The Kid started second grade on Tuesday.  So far, he seems to enjoy it.  I need to get in touch with his teacher so that we can communicate throughout the school year.  He also took up karate a few weeks ago.  He hasn’t said much about it but seems to be enjoying it too.