Isn't she pretty?
We've been thinking for some time about getting a new vehicle. As luck would have it, one of our friends was trying to sell this car and posted it on Facebook. I'm definitely looking forward to having this car for the 8-hour road trips to Kentucky.
The sad thing though is I'll be saying goodbye to my first ever car, the Ford Focus. My parents got me that car in 2003 before I left for WKU. It is definitely the best material gift I've ever been given.
She's pretty too.
For some reason, getting rid of a car has always been an emotional thing for me. Not like a bawling, tear-stained-face experience. But still a little emotional. I can remember being sad when my parents traded in the conversion van we had. Oh yeah, it was sweet. It had a TV inside, the middle chairs could swivel 360 degrees, there was a button you could push to put the back seat down into a bed and there were blinds on the windows. Seriously, what kid wouldn't think that was awesome? I also remember my brother trading in his Dodge Dakota Sport and me thinking it couldn't be time for that yet. (I think I miss the blue color of that truck.) Then there was the green Ford Taurus my high school buddy Jared Burke had and the Ashley Sallee's Corolla.
And this Focus has been a great car for me. It's taken me across this 4 state journey life has put me on. (I'm including TN because on those trips to MS, the drive through TN was never ending.) It still has my Western Kentucky University sticker that I put on it because that's what all Freshman did. Then there's the Real Life Radio 1380 bumper sticker that's a reminder of the time I spent working for the station and Benedictus Bookstore. (Such a fun and amazing job to have.)
And, like always, I'll be a little sad to hand her on. I know, I know, getting nostalgic about a car is pretty silly. But I only have one trip left with my first vehicle. We'll be going to Jacksonville this weekend for the wedding of Matt Miller and Andrea Skinner. (woo hoo!) And there, I'll hand on the keys to the new owner, Josh's Aunt Ann. So I won't be too sad, because she'll be staying in the family. :)
