Sister Something

Ahhh, it's nice to wake up to beautiful snow--we haven't had enough of it this winter, and that feels mighty strange living in Minnesota. Of course snow can be a downright pain, but it sure is pretty and if it's going to be butt-cold we may as well have something nice to look at.

Well, other than taking care of the logistics of planning for a trip, we also bought a new car. What?! you say. But of course you shouldn't be surprised at this point. I'm not. In fact it's been such a saga that I barely even batted an eye signing those papers yet again. We ended up trading in Phat Thunder. I know, you lose money that way, but we had exactly ONE person get in touch with me regarding it and he offered about 3K less than we were asking. It's just not a good market right now, and even though we had the extras and had put money into it, it still couldn't compete with newer models that had less miles, heated leather seats or no. I could have been patient and just waited until spring, of course...but me, patient?! But also, as you know, more time just means worth less. ug.

So I've got my Forester. It's older and has more miles than the Scion did, but being a Subaru, I'm just not that worried about that. I'm not going to work myself up this time that it's the best, the be-all-end-all...like a bad love-life, I'm starting to get too jaded to let myself get attached. This time I'm going to go slow, ease myself into the romance. As they say in the magazines, don't live like celebrities do...stay a bit more private about your love for your partner and it will probably last longer.

This car-love thing is starting to get a bit creepy, so I'll move on. But the next business will be giving her a name. This one is definitely a her, going with the whole Subaru=Lesbian theme that I've been told about. Going with the Subaru means 'sister' in Japanese tip that "Snowed in in Montana" most graciously gave me (whether or not that is something worthy of snopes.com is still to be determined, but even if it's untrue it's still funny.) I think it must be Sister something. I thought about Pat's suggestion for my own name changing, Loveless--as in, Sister Loveless. But I don't want to give ol' Subaru a complex or anything, or put a curse on myself that she doesn't love me. Even though that's a kick-a metal name. I'll have to think on that one, give it some time. But she is black--black pearl no less. Nice. Very Pirates of the Caribbean-ish. (speaking of curse!) Maybe we'll need to go with a pirate theme? If anyone has any good suggestions, bring 'em on! Oh, and sorry I don't yet have a real photo of her to post...right now she's covered with snow!

It will be hard to leave her for a week now that I just got her, that's fo sho. We leave the day after tomorrow! Crazy. This will be quite an adventure. I'm not sure if I'll have to time to post again before I come back. So rock on, people, and have a good week.