Goodbye & Hello

So, most of you have probably heard that we purchased a new car. It's a '96 Honda CRV. We did a little shopping online, spent a Saturday checking out several cars, and then saw this one pop up later the next week. We were excited - it was newer than the ones that we had been looking at, it didn't smell bad, and it wasn't too much more expensive. Deciding whether or not to spend thousands of dollars on a vehicle is hard, but we made the decision, and the car is ours. (I'll just throw in that it's fun, too.)

It was hard to part with the Altima. We have a lot of memories together, the Altima and I. But, Garrick and I knew that 2 people don't exactly need 3 cars. Anyway, a couple of teachers at my school mentioned interest in buying the Altima for their kids. I cleaned it up on Saturday and decided to start trying to sell it on Monday.

I posted the car on KSL.com at 8:00 on Monday morning. Before I even finished posting it, I had my first call. I decided I better call those teachers at my school and let them know that the car was for sale in case they really were interested. Garrick and I were both gone until 10 that morning, but between 8 and 10, we had received 8 calls from people interested in looking at the car and possibly buying it. We set up appointments with the first two. They were coming from up north and were supposed to be here at 10:30 and 10:45.

Neither one of them showed up. Just after 11, I received a call from my principal. He wanted the car. I told him that it was his. It was probably only 1/2 hour later when both of those appointments showed up. They were disappointed that the car was already sold. I felt bad, but they were late. Another teacher called me back an hour or so later, also hoping to buy the Altima. Who knew that it would be such a hot commodity!?! So, let this be a lesson to you...if you have an old car, don't trade it in. We probably made 3 times what a dealer would have given us by taking a few hours to sell it on our own.

Goodbye:

Hello: