The Little Car That Could

First, I admit that I've been procrastinating posting because I need to post wedding pictures and every time that I go to post I feel guilty that I haven't yet... But things are happening and the pictures will get up and I'm not going to stop posting just because I've been picture-lazy. Now for the post!

We have two cars. Branden's car is newer than mine by seven years, it has A/C, it's an automatic and we thought it was more reliable. Now that we can carpool to work- Huzzah for saving money!- we've been driving his car to prolong the life of my car. As it turns out, his car really isn't more reliable and now needs a new transmission. Since that will cost more than the car is worth, we are going to try to sell it as a parts car and buy an new-to-us car which won't be any newer but will hopefully run better.

Until such time as we purchase a vehicle, we are back to driving the Little Car That Could. I seriously can't believe how much this car has been through. Nobody thought it would last this long and we've been expecting it to die for a while now. Just as a reminder, this is a 1991 Nissan Stanza with something like 240,000 miles on it. It's been through multiple drivers, at least one car accident, a deericide, many trips from Northern to Southern UT and back again, at least once weekly from Kamas to Ogden and back for 6 months, 1300 miles out to St. Louis and a 40 mile round trip 5 days a week for more than a year. And somehow it's hanging in there, if only just. It so reminds me of the little engine who chugged up the hill saying, "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can."

That said, eventually it's going to give up. Please, everyone send good energy our way in whatever form you practice. We just need it to keep going, well, technically forever but no less than 6 months. :)