For those of you who don't know already - my car blew up Sunday morning. My little Jerry. My poor Jeep. *sob*

I am experiencing a deep sense of loss. I know that it is just a thing; however, I was/am very attached to that sweet little car. It was exactly the car I wanted. It did everything I needed it to do. Now it's gone, forever. *sob*

Okay, I'm through moping. Mostly. You see, Murphy is hard at work here. It took Andy and I four days to get our loan from the credit union approved; this process usually takes less than a day. Now, the candle on the cake; here's the car I picked out: Honda Fit. It's not available. Period.

We test-drove a Honda Fit sport; it's wonderful! I love, love, love the blue one. Nobody can get the blue ones in manual transmissions. They might be able to find a silver one, or I can get a red one. *sob*

So now we're stuck trying to decide if we want to stick with the Fit or try a Toyota Matrix. There are several factors involved, including Honda's impeccable reliability record and the increased versatility of the Fit's seat configurations. Most of all, I WANT it!!!!!

I have to remember that it is only a possession, after all; however, I did already concede several points on the car front: I wanted a small SUV - too expensive; my dream car was a Tacoma - too expensive and also impractical; so here, I pick out a nice small economy car. It's inexpensive, gets great mileage; what more do you want? What, am I gonna drive a freakin' sedan? No way!!

So now we must decide what to do. I will keep you updated on developments, provided my head doesn't explode first.