As many of you already know, the week before Christmas Southern California experienced an incredible amount of rain. It poured for several days straight, without so much as a little peek of sunshine to break up the gloom. Normally, I love the rain. And love it I did, right up until Wednesday morning, when I was on my way to work and....
Yes, that is my poor little neon. I hydroplaned across three and half lanes of the 91 freeway, head first into a brick wall. Thank goodness I didn't take anyone else out with me, and I was fine, just a sprained wrist and some bruises and scratches. Unfortunately, I can't say the same for my car. It was a great car for many years, but there's no recovering from this one. But every cloud has a silver lining, and what a lining this cloud had. Actually, I think this was more of a platinum lining! On Christmas Eve, Chris and I went to "look" at new cars, and lo and behold...
Merry Christmas Eve to me! Isn't she beautiful?! We got a 2011 Chevy Equinox in twilight blue. We've had our eye on the Equinox for a while, but I was hoping to hold on to my neon for at least another year before getting a new car for me, especially since we just paid off Chris' Jeep the Sunday before. Obviously, that wasn't an option anymore, but now that I've got my new car, I'm okay with that! Every time I drive it, I fall a little more in love. And those heated leather seats at 5:45 on a winter morning make it much easier to face the work day! ♥
I think for you it would be “every cloud has a twilight blue lining”. Glad you were OK.
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