Car status.

Busy weekend. We are essentially down to one car – a few months ago, we loaned the minivan to Tom, our friend down the street who had a stroke three years ago because it has the transfer seat that we got for Edda. We love our van, but because Edda has grown taller since we bought the van, it’s actually easier to get her to sit in our regular sedan than to wait patiently for the seat to lift/lower on the van for everyday outings. So we loaned the van to Tom and after an initial hesitation for using it, I think they are using it almost everyday to get him to doctor’s appointments and outings – this became more clear to us when we asked for the van back for a week to go to New Hampshire in August. Soo….Jeremy and I are reluctant to ask for the van back permanently because they are using it much more than we were. Honestly, we use the van probably once a week to go to Home Depot and then for our summer road trips. But the van is very old now (2011) and the A/C seems to be flaky and honestly, we like the modern computer integration and safety features of a new car/van when we go on the road – so we thought maybe we’d go down to one car, sell them our minivan, and see if we can manage getting around with only one car. This…should theoretically be possible – we’d rent a minivan for our long vacations (though getting Edda in/out is more of a challenge in this situation) and use UBER and/or zip cars and/or an electric bike to get around town and also figuring out how to go to Home Depot to pick up a sheet of plywood. I think this one-car model is possible – I mean, neither of us drives to work, it should be possible and possibly be cheaper. But, I do not bear the brunt of this change – I usually have the car and abandon Jeremy at home, so he’s usually the one who has to do the secondary arrangement. Anyways, we haven’t sold the van yet, we are just practicing having only one car.

Like this weekend – I took the car to guitar lessons, an alone-time lunch, church to sing at choir and then to see a friend. So Jeremy was home without a car for long stretches.

Anyways, Sunday was lovely and busy. I went to church to sing – I enjoy this way of participating in church. I sing loudly and often off-key, but it’s ok. I came back to find my youthful landscape contractor, Noah, done trimming/weeding and mulching a patch of my yard next to the driveway. He did such a great job and then wanted to play trains with me. But we had to all dash. Next time!

I drove to Woodbine to see my friend Soojung who is helping me native plant my backyard. She gave me a bunch of plants, and we talked about plants and weeds and trees.

And then finally dinner with family where Edda fully enjoyed her chocolate cookie dessert and chocolate ice cream.