I do have a good reason, though. In February of 2014 I was driving to work in my 7 year old Toyota Avalon and as I entered the exit ramp I blacked out and totalled my car. (Fortunately, I was fine). But I was stuck without a car and I panicked. Long story short, I ended up leasing a Honda Accord for three years, and it was a dumb decision, because after three years of payments, I'm really not ahead of the game. My company has a Perks at Work program that is like the Costco Buying Program or other discount programs. I was feeling really bummed about the whole political thing last night --even moreso than usual-- so I started looking for cars online. My lease is up in February and I wanted to make a decision sooner rather than at the last minute. As much as I loved my Avalon, and even though I was looking at used cars, I thought it would have to be a Camry rather than an Avalon because I wouldn't be able to afford one. Long story short, I sent an inquiry about a Camry online with a local Toyota dealership and this morning I had a phone call with him. I mentioned I had loved my Avalon but thought a Camry would be more prudent. He sent me pictures of the Avalon and I was in love. I planned to meet him at the dealership after work.
This care was built for me. Seriously. It's a 2013 with only 37k miles on it; it has all the bells and whistles and comforts and a suspension that feels like you're driving on air. it's a Toyota Certified vehicle, and we worked it out at a very good price and a very reasonable interest rate. Tomorrow I take my Accord back to Honda. The purchase of this car was very low stress, friently, win-win, and the sales guy programmed my phone for my new car, and was just awesome. So I forgot about how depressed and anxious I've been about where our country is headed and even forgot about my 700 days. But Damn, I just bought on GORGEOUS car.
I just wish I had saved all the money I didn't smoke up over the last 700 days and I could have made an awesome downpayment on the car, but all is well. And to our courageous newbies, you CAN do this. The people here who knew me when I started can attest that I was scared and unsure I could do it. We all start out that way. But with the desire you have to quit which brought you to this website, and the tools you receive from reading others' blogs, doing the reading, blogging yourself daily about how you feel and getting input from our caring newbies, in-betweens and elders enhances your likelihood of creating a forever quit. We've all been there and we all seriously care that you can end up where we are. The consideration, caring and kindness on this site is spectacular. There's also some elders who specialize in tough love. You take take what you like and leave the rest, but do know this community supports all of us in being our best selves, without nicotine.
Love to all of you. And I jujst realized it's 1:45 a.m, and I have to be up at 5 a.m., so gotta turn in!
