My Fairy Gawdparents bought me a car this weekend. It's a 2013 Toyota Highlander, loaded, with only 28,000 miles. It is perfect. I researched my head off, and chose this car because it will fit a wheelchair comfortably in the cargo area, and still has room for groceries. It has room for 7 passengers, which will be good when I need to use it to haul nanny kids. That feature already came in handy this weekend! I had my guy, his two kids and a friend, and Braeden all in there comfortably. :) The Toyota-ness of it, means I can drive it for 10 years or more. It is perfect for us. AND it is the color I wanted. Which is small beans....but a definite bonus! My friend did all of the bargaining to get the lowest price, before I even knew it. He called and said, "go get your car!" My mom took us down, I drove it, and wrote a check. Seriously.
So now I KNOW, firsthand, what happens when you do your best to do the right thing, make good choices for your child, and put things out into The Universe.
I was at my wit's end with my last car. I couldn't afford a car payment. It's health insurance OR a car payment, not both. I stood in my kitchen, and said out loud, "I am at a dead end. I need a new car. I don't know how to make that happen. Help?" One week later, my Fairy Gawdmother called to tell me she was buying me a car. She said I'm the closest thing she has to a daughter, and she would do this for her own daughter if she had one. I didn't stop crying for a week.
I have been car shopping since November. My Honda was continuing to cost me money, and I was offered pennies for her as a trade. My friend offered for me to drive one of their family's extra cars while I looked, so I could sell mine outright. Another friend bought my Honda as a commuter car, one day after I put it up for sale. I said out loud to my guy that I was going to sell it to them for $X,XXX. Which is exactly what they offered.
Seriously.
The looking has been the hardest part. And last Thursday, I was at a point of total frustration. So I stopped looking for a day. I said out loud "Universe? I would like a black Toyota Highlander, with low miles and leather." The NEXT DAY....my friend called and said "It's in Burien. It is black, and has 28,000 miles. I negotiated them down to almost your budget." My friend who lent me the car for the interim, threw in the rest of the money to get me there.
Seriously.
I picked it up on Saturday.
Seriously.
Also this weekend.....My boy and I were invited to spend both days at basketball games for my guy's older son. I made it for the championship game on Saturday (they WON!!) and the whole game on Sunday. We were invited back to their house for lunch and to hang out. It was perfection. His boys are embracing B and I fully, and seem to be basking in the mother-figure attention. I was brimming tears all day, because I am so fucking HAPPY!!!
A little over a year ago, I wrote that Sharpie Wish. It is all coming true. I don't have the words to adequately express how thankful I am.
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