2012 already gave us a new car

Our new car looks like this one, but our neighborhood has less green and more...grunge.

 Last week we said goodbye to our little white Jetta, also known as little white devil, or little white piece of garbage. Okay, that's a bit harsh, but we were not sad to see it go. I feel like we've spent more money fixing that car than we have on rent since we've been married! (That's a huge lie.) But who knew it would be so unreliable?

So last week when the transmission died, the first thing we did was panic. Actually, first it was anger and pounding on the steering wheel (by Jack, I'm too much of a lady to do that) and then it was panic, mostly on my part. And then things seemed so bad that it just got funny. "Ha, remember the time when our car died and we had no money for a new one? Oh, actually that was yesterday! Haha! Our life is so great!" And then we got it together. We got a rental car and researched and called and ran around town and decided on a price range and we knew our new one had to be a Japanese car, no more of this VW nonsense, and we ended up with a beautiful 2003 Honda Civic! A hybrid!

I know that everyone buys cars, and that this is really not such a big deal, but I feel like I am a real adult now! We bought a car and we aren't going to be homeless! One thing I've noticed is that our problems have always worked themselves out, even though we probably don't deserve it...I'm not sure if I should let this new car experience reinforce our somewhat reckless and unplanned style of life by saying "See? Everything works out, even though we're barely hanging on!" or if I should say "Woah, that was a close one, we should really buckle down and figure life out ASAP." Our 2011 motto was "We'll be fine!" but I think our 2012 motto is going to be "Let's be rational!" As rational as we can be living in LA and chasing dreams, right? For some reason, living life unreasonably just suits me better.