shotgun

i tend to have one of those personalities that is fearful of spontaneity. i like to have things planned out a bit, with some sort of thought behind my decisions. gary, in the past, has suggested booking cruises or transatlantic flights, most without much thought. and hesitantly, at first, i've agreed to a few of them.

it's not that i'm scared or worried, it's just that i like to think things through a bit before diving head first into a decision. so today, when gary says to me "i want a new car. let's go buy a new car!" i didn't think a whole lot about it. we started to price a few vehicles out and justifying reason that we may need to trade dear bonita (our 2001 civic lx) in for something shinier and new. i allowed myself to let go a bit, thinking there would be no realistic way that we would be able to go through with such a purchase.

i met gary at the honda dealership, where he had already made friends with our salesperson. she was very friendly and quite talkative on our test drive. they finally threw a few numbers at us and we quickly shook our heads no. they came back a few times before we finally agreed to put the ball in motion. i sent a text, "i think we just bought a new car."

four and a half hours later, we had emptied bonita out and said our goodbyes as we drove off in our shiny, new 2008 honda civic ex!


isn't she fancy? my sister suggested the name "shotgun" because of the quick decision to purchase her. we'll see if it sticks!

UPDATE: the car has been named "bella". since bonita meant beautiful in spanish, we decided to use the italian word for beautiful this time. (as i wrote that i just thought about how truly gay i am.)