Hooray! Two days ago we paid off our car! We bought the car the day Porter Jackson was born - just hours before we went to the hospital to deliver. We'd sold our Sonata and felt such a rush to get another vehicle for this exciting third baby. It felt so odd, so cruelly ironic, to be escorted out to that shiny new vehicle when I left the hospital without Jackson. Here we were with a bigger car and a car payment, which we hadn't had in years, but no baby to justify it.
My mom tried to be positive and say we would need that bigger vehicle soon enough - we would have other babies. Certainly no one expected the road getting there to be much more complicated.
I've always wished to pay off the car. I thought earlier in the year, wouldn't it be cool to pay it off in September, a way of honoring Jackson's - can you believe it - 3rd birthday? But it just seemed like too much of a stretch financially to get it done. But, Blue got on board with me and his support and fresh ideas led to much faster progress than I expected. And two days ago, with the help of a small but unexpected bonus, we paid off the car! I know it's me projecting my own ideas about money, but I feel like Jackson would be happy for us not to be in debt due to him. I'm so giddy - like a kid at Christmas - to tell him that we are not! Medical bills are gone and so is the car payment. Now if only he could step in and make gas for the car less expensive!
5 comments:
Oh Kelly, that is exciting! Still enjoy reading your posts and hearing about your journey.
Kelly, Jackson must be celebrating with you! I'm very happy for you, too!
You know you and I have talked about the Xterra buy that we did, driving it off the lot the day Jeremiah was born because we needed a bigger car as well. That was the saddest thing ever leaving the hospital in the new car without a baby, for which we bought the car for. I am super excited you paid it off. You guys are really trying to get out of debt, good for you!
That's great! I can see how getting this accomplished could make you so happy! :)
oh my gosh, Alicia, I had forgotten that about you also getting a car for the baby you didn't get to bring home from the hospital - right before. Isn't it cool/creepy how much our lives parallel? Too funny. Glad we have eachother!
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