Our schedules are crazy this year. For example, on Wednesday, Sarah has dance from 4:15-5:00 in Burlington and Jackson has soccer practice at 5:30 in Mebane. Throw in the fact that I have a technology meeting from 3:30-5:30 one Wednesday a month into the mix and things get very complicated. Last Wednesday Kevin was able to run the kids all over the place while I was in my meeting. The three kids can't fit in his little Civic, so he had to come trade it out for my van. When my meeting was over, I hopped in the unair-conditioned car on the hottest afternoon ever to head home. Not only was the air not working but the car started over-heating. I was at a red light and thankfully it turned green just in time. When we all got home I told Kevin it was time for him to start looking for a new car. He reluctantly started looking online and talking to dealerships. He found a Honda Accord in Danville, VA with a price tag he couldn't ignore. We got up early on Saturday and and headed to Virginia. Luckily it was only an hour away. Kevin did most of the paperwork stuff over the phone so that it would a somewhat quick trip. When they showed us the Accord, the kids had a hay-day. Here was Sarah's reaction:
They gave us such a good deal on the Accord, we asked them about trading in the van for a newer one. I wasn't really a fan of the brown, so a new color was very appealing and so was the lifetime warranty. Now I really can drive this van forever.
Now that we have replaced the Civic, it was time to get ready to sell it. The boys and Kevin spent time on Monday washing and vacuuming it, getting it ready to sell. It was so dirty they ended up wasing the logo off. Kevin says it is the end of a legacy.
Believe it or not, we actually sold it in less than 24 hours. Kevin put in our front yard and put a very honest sign on it listing all of its problems. He parked it on Monday, put the sign up on Tuesday around 2:30, and a guy came by at 3:00 on Wednesday, drove it around the block and bought it.
