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My New Ride!





Last week I had to say goodbye to my beloved little car. I loved that car and giving it up was not an easy thing to do for me. It was my first car in the U.S., my first brand spanking new car and the first car that I bought and paid in full. You're asking why I sold it then?
About two years ago, Katie bought herself a little "Midlife Crisis". When she reads this, she will totally protest about it, but that's how I like to call her car. She calls it "The Shark", not that it matters, but I just had to throw it in there. For good measure you know?  
According to its license plate, you might as well call it "The Shrek", but whatever. I wanted to post a picture of it, so you'd understand, but she didn't think it was safe to do, but she said I could tell you what it says, it's "THESHRK". She insists it's the Shark, I'm pretty sure it's Shrek.
ANYWAY, when she bought "the Shrek", the car of her dreams, she was convinced that she would be taking turns driving her old car, a Mitsubishi Outlander,  and new car. I guess it was safe to say that after two months, we both realized that was not going to happen, since she loved driving "the Shrek", sorry, "the Shark", so much. Selling the Mitsubishi was not really an option either, because first of all, it was paid in full and it is a really nice car, and secondly, we were using it for transporting the dogs around. 
I know, how lame, to keep a third car for the dogs, right? Tell me about it! Spoiled bastards...hehe. 
There was also no room in our driveway or the garage for it, so we kept it at Katie's parents' house for about a year and a half and only drove it every once in a while to keep it running. It was such a waste. 
Like I said, I loved my car, but we both realized that the SUV was the better family car, the safer car, the better car and the one that made the most sense for our future and that's what we had to think about. So we decided that Katie was going to transfer the title of the SUV to me and we would be selling my car instead. Boo! I know what an ungrateful biatch I am, I totally got a better car out of that deal, but that didn't mean that I didn't mourn the loss of my little Betsy. Yes, we were on a first name basis.
I took it harder than I thought I ever would and probably harder than any normal person ever would, even though I knew it was the smarter decision, my heart told me not to. It literally kept screaming at me: Don't do it! I guess it made it a little better that our co-worker's boyfriend bought the car from us and therefore I get to see it every once in a while. I'm so pathetic! 
I gotta say though, that I'm absolutely thrilled about having automatic windows and doors now! And an Ipod Hookup! So awesome! Can you believe I didn't have those things before? If you know me, then you surely can, knowing the cheap ass I am...haha. But hey, I made it work...and now I'm driving around feeling like a queen with my automatic doors and windows. Jamming out to my Ipod of course, thanks to my awesome Ipod Hookup!


Letzte Woche musste ich von meinem geliebten kleinen Auto Abschied nehmen. Ich hab mein Auto wirklich gemocht und es war alles andere als leicht fuer mich, es aufzugeben. Es war mein erstes Auto in den USA, mein erstes brandneues Auto und das erste Auto, was ich in einem Schlag abbezahlt habe. Ihr fragt euch sicher, warum ich es dann verkauft habe?


Vor etwa zwei Jahren, hat Katie sich eine "Midlife Crisis" gekauft. Wenn sie das hier liest, wird sie protestieren, aber so nenne ich ihr Auto halt. Sie nennt es "The Shark", nicht, dass dies von Bedeutung ist, aber ich musste es einfach mal kurz reinwerfen. 
Seinem Nummernschild zufolge, koennte man es auch "The Shrek" nennen, aber egal. Ich wollte ein Foto von dem Nummernschild machen, damit ihr den Sinn hinter dem Namen versteht, aber Katie meinte, dass dies nicht sehr sicher waere, aber sie sagte, ich könnte euch erzaehlen, was ihr Nummerschild sagt, es ist "THESHRK". Sie besteht darauf, dass es "The Shark" ist, aber ich bin mir ziemlich sicher, es ist Shrek. 


Wie auch immer, als sie " the Shrek", das Auto ihrer Träume kaufte, war sie fest davon überzeugt, dass sie ihr altes Auto, einen Mitsubishi Outlander, und ihr neues Auto, abwechselnd fahren wuerde. Ich denke, wir konnten mit Sicherheit sagen, dass wir nach zwei Monaten realisiert haben, dass dies nicht passieren wuerde, denn sie liebte es "the Shrek", sorry, "The Shark", zu fahren. Allerdings wollten wir den Mitsubishi auch nicht verkaufen, weil er zum einen abbezahlt war und es ist ein wirklich schönes Auto, und ausserdem benutzten wir es, um die Hunde zu transportieren. 


Ich weiss, wie albern, ein drittes Auto für die Hunde zu behalten, nicht wahr? Das braucht ihr mir nicht erzaehlen! Verwoehnte Rotzloeffel ... hehe. Wir hatten auch keinen Platz in der Einfahrt oder in der Garage für das Auto, also parkten wir es fuer ca. 1.5 Jahre bei Katie's Eltern und fuhren es nur ab und an mal, damit es am laufen blieb. Es war so eine Verschwendung.


Wie ich schon sagte, ich liebte mein Auto, aber wir haben beide erkannt, dass der SUV das bessere Familienauto ist, das sicherere Auto, das bessere Auto und das, was am meisten Sinn für unsere Zukunft machen wuerde und das waren die Dinge, ueber die wir uns im Klaren sein mussten. Also beschlossen wir, dass Katie den Titel des SUV auf mich übertragen wuerde und wir mein Auto stattdessen verkaufen wuerden. Buh! Ich weiß, was fuer ein undankbares Miststueck ich bin, ich habe ein besseres Auto aus diesem Deal bekommen, aber das bedeutete nicht, dass ich nicht um meine kleine Betsy trauern wuerde. Japp, sie hatte einen Namen!


Es war härter fuer mich, als ich mir je vorgestellt habe und wahrscheinlich härter als es jeder normale Mensch jemals nehmen wuerde, und obwohl ich wusste, es war die sinnvollste Entscheidung, mein Herz sagte mir, es nicht zu tun. Es schrie mich regelrecht an: Tu es nicht! Ich denke, es machte es etwas leichter fuer mich, dass der Freund meiner Kollegin uns das Auto abgekauft hat und ich es somit noch ab und an mal sehe. Was fuer eine Heulsuse ich bin!


Ich muss jedoch sagen, dass ich von den automatischen Tueren und Fenstern restlos begeistert bin! Und ich habe jetzt einen IPod Hookup! So genial! Könnt ihr glauben, dass ich diese Dinge vorher nicht hatte? Wenn ihr mich kennt, dann werdet ihr mir das auf alle Faelle glauben, so ein Geizhals wie ich bin... haha. Aber hey, es hat fuer mich funktioniert... und jetzt fuehle ich mich wie eine Königin mit meinen automatischen Türen und Fenstern. "Jamming" zu meinem iPod natürlich, dank meinem neuen iPod Hookup!





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