reading the manuals

cuz nobody is bouncing up and down with me all excited to drive around in the new car... jackson is finally able to drive so she went out on a date last night instead of enjoying my new car with me the first night i had it and today she has a funeral for a friend, which is sad and has her bummed and grumpy and preoccupied so the universe did not choose the best weekend for her for me to buy a new car but i bought it finally cuz i could no longer use hers and wanted to give her back her car with it as good as new which is why we took it to the car dealership to get all sorts of maintenance done (tune up, oil change, belts changed, alignment, balancing, rotation, full servicing and more... almost $900 in service work which ultimately helped with the sales and financing for my new car because i pointed out that we now have two toyotas and obviously spend money to take care of them {and service and extras is how dealerships make their money much more than the little profit they make on the car sale itself} and jackson will probably be looking for a place to buy a new car in the next year or two and all that good negotiating stuff) and i really don't feel like calling too many others (helena knows but she has family in town and is busy all day and night) and harpo knows (but he can be such a worry wart and spent our brief telephone conversation cautioning me about using the right oil and not liking the dealership i went to, but that's ok, i don't like the dealership he goes to {and we both have toyotas} so it balances out) and happiness and curious know but i don't think i want my first passengers to be a wet dog and cat with muddy paws and it is a chilly nasty raining day out there, so i am enjoying myself by myself as usual (alone again, naturally)...

the little sad doesn't last long when i start reading the car manual and sitting in the car exploring all the toys ya know...

yay for new toys :)