Two Halfs Posts Make One Whole Post

I had two things I briefly wanted to mention which I didn’t want to dedicate a whole post to:

• I sent in my last car payment back in November, and last week in the mail, I received the title from the bank that gave us the loan. I bought Jeeves (my car) about a year and a half ago, and under our five-year loan, was supposed to have him paid off in 2012. We’ve been paying aggressively on the loan ever since, and I’m glad that we managed to pay it off roughly 3 1/2 years ahead of time. Dave Ramsey would be proud (except that he would chastise us for buying a car in the first place that we couldn’t afford to buy with cash).

• In other news, I almost switched The Doc File over to Wordpress this week, but ended up not doing it. I’m having a hard time finding a template that I really like, and while there are some things about Wordpress I like, it’s not as user-friendly as Blogger is and doesn’t allow for as much (free) customization. I don’t know, I still might end up switching, but I just couldn’t bring myself to do it the other night. I know, I’m a coward.
  

Parking Spots Are Hard To Come By

Over the weekend, we headed down to Harding so Caroline could take comprehensive exams for her Master’s Degree. While I was dropping her off at the education building, I took this picture with my cell phone.

Since there’s no way the operator of this particular piece of machinery would have parked around the car, he must have gotten to the spot first. Later on, the car’s driver must have seen this semi-vacant spot and thought to herself (we’re on the female side of campus, next to the education building, so I’m making a gender assumption here), “Yeah, I can park there, no problem.”

I think that’s nuts, but I’m impressed too. I wouldn’t have had the nerve to try it with Jeeves.

Enter Jeeves

I’ve been a little tardy in announcing it, but I got a new car last week to take the place of Kermit, who was prematurely hastened to automobile heaven a couple of weeks ago.

Caroline and I shopped around online and were fortunate enough to find a car in Fayetteville that we liked: a gray 2005 Hyundai Sonata.

The car came pretty loaded—V6, sun roof, seat warmers, functional power windows—and only had 39,000 miles on it.

Plus, we were able to get a great deal on it, extend the warranty for a reasonable price, and we got a free 5-day, 4-night cruise from because of a promotion going on at the dealership. All in all, we were very happy.

I thought the new car looked quite dignified, so I named it “Jeeves,” which only seemed fitting. Jeeves is quite a nice ride, and is an upgrade from Kermit, and certainly a big step up from the PT Cruiser.