The reason we went to Inverness this weekend was to buy a car.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Old Car, thank you for not killing us. I tried to drive you, but you were a bugger. Still, you showed us lots of nice stuff.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
New Car, welcome to the family. Please don\u0092t kill us. I hope we have lots of nice times together. Because I was there when we got you, somehow I feel more like you belong to me, and am inclined to learn how to ride you.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I still wish there was a better alternative to everyone owning a car and endlessly burning up petrol. But this was a necessity for Craig\u0092s work, because the old car could barely crawl up the 13% incline of the Berridale Brae, which he travels a few times a week, and it had trouble overtaking tractors and such quickly, which is important on our tiny, deadly roads.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Cars, mortgages… this husband is dragging me into western adulthood!<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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