Every so often, life happens and gets in the way of one's
desire to keep a semi-coherent blog regarding a certain someone's experiences
in attempting to raise a baby girl up to date. That's not necessarily a bad
thing though if you think about it. It just means that I find myself with a
sudden overabundance of what some would term "riches" to write about.
What's that? You want to know what exactly the sudden overabundance of
"riches" is? Ok, I guess I can tell you.
Since we last "chatted" with me giving you the 411
on Baby's First Car Crash, much has happened. My 2010 RAV4 was officially
totaled by insurance resulting in me receiving a sizable check to go towards
replacing said vehicle. As a result of that decision by the insurance company,
I was saddled with the unenviable task of driving to the body shop to clean out
my car before it would reach its final destination in a junk yard somewhere.
By the way, if you've never cleaned out a wrecked vehicle,
it's a process filled with a very strange set of emotions. Between thanking my
RAV for keeping us safe in the accident and also thanking it for all of the
adventures it took my family on, I'd be lying if I said I didn't get slightly
teary-eyed. If you must know why, it's because I'm a big baby. It's also
because that car was the first one I ever bought and paid for entirely with my
own money giving it a special place in my heart.
After twenty minutes of pain staking work, I was successful
in removing the rear license plate from the bent and twisted frame. It was
then that I removed one final memento from the remnants of my cherished RAV4:
the gearshift knob. Basically, I found myself remembering that old Subaru
commercial where the guy took the knob from his destroyed Subaru. Since I'm a
sentimentalist, I decided to do the same. Not sure if it's stealing or not, but
went ahead since I hadn't signed the title over yet.
Following that experience, I've found myself living through
quite the whirlwind over the past few days. I've received the payment for my
RAV4, spent time on Thursday and Friday test-driving an embarrassing number of
automobiles, and finally purchased a 2013 RAV4 in St. Joseph on Saturday. To
that final item, most people's reaction has been something along the lines of
"Didn't waste much time getting that done, did you?". To that, I say
when you find a good deal, you find a good deal.
Of course, as you well know, I can't just get a new car (new
to us anyway) without breaking it in on some kind of special adventure. With
Christmas quickly coming upon us, I couldn't think of any better adventure for
us than taking Ellie to look at Christmas lights, specifically the Liberty
Light show. Therefore, after the three of us finished our dinner, Bethany and I
loaded Ellie up in the back of the new car and headed east towards Liberty.
Held in parking lot of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, the
viewing of the Liberty Light Show has become a tradition for Bethany and I
since moving into our house. Therefore, it goes without saying that Ellie did
tag along with us on said excursion last year. Now, it's questionable whether
or not she got much out of that experience as she was passed out asleep at the
time. That was not the case this time however.
As soon as we arrived, I hopped out of the driver's seat and
carefully extricated Ellie from her car seat before passing her into the
waiting arms of her mother. After that, I hopped back into the front seat where
Bethany and Ellie were waiting.
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| I may have neglected to snap any photos this year. Check out the link for the Light Show if you're into that sort of thing. |
While I've always enjoyed visiting the Liberty Light Show, I had
different reasons for enjoying it so much this year. As soon as the lights
began flashing, Ellie was immediately captivated by the rainbow of colors
before her. Of course, she wasn't just sitting idly by. She was really getting
into it, clapping along with the beat of each song, forcing Bethany or I's
hands to clap along in unison, and pointing out whatever she saw as the best
part of the display (BTW, it was a light post with LED lights wrapped around it
outside our car window). Of course, I'm neglecting to mention the resounding "uh-oh"
every time a song ended and the display went completely black.
While the past week wasn't exactly host to an ideal set of
circumstances, at least we got the opportunity to polish it off in a positive
manner. That, and we made it both to and from the light display without anyone
bashing in the rear of our new car. I'll consider that a win every day of the week.
I'm sure anyone else would too. #DaddyWrite
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