Times Change

I took the opportunity tonight to review my past blogs. What I noticed was that many times I what I wrote was not very clear. I seemed to struggle putting my ideas and thoughts into written format. I also noticed that I have tended to stray away from my writing of perspective and other ideas that I have on my mind. I originally went looking through my post because I wanted to read an earlier post where I talked about "You never know what you got till it's gone." I still agree with this statement. I don't know why I have changed my style but I think I would like to go back to my old ways of writing, but this time in an easier to read and comprehend format.

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest! If you must-but never quit. 
Life is queer, with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might of won if he'd stuck it out;
Stick to your task, though the pace seems slows-
You may succeed with one more blow.

Success is failure turned inside out-
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt-
And you may never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit-
It's when things seem worse that YOU MUSN'T QUIT.

Ok I found this poem on line. This was the start of my "Inspiration Wall" and probably one of my favorite poems. How important is it to not give up just because things may look dreary. Like the poem says you may be closer to your goal than you realize. You can't let one disappointment set you back because you need to be ready for the next opportunity that comes. I am hoping that this will spark some fresh idea's that I can write about. Anyway there is a new post for me Later.

New Car! At Last!

Wow the search is over, I just got the confirmation call from emma telling me that there is a car for me in my drive way!!

 I got a call from my mom last Sunday telling me that there was an Acura for sell in the park and ride off of 27 in Mt. Airy. I told her I was watching the Redskins game and would look at it during halftime. Well with the skins down 14 nothing after the first quarter i figured I might as well go look now. Thinking they might be playing better when I get back. Well I got to the park and ride and there it was a silver Acura. When I went up for closer inspection I saw that it wasn't an integra which was what I had been looking for, but a CL. I had never really looked into a CL but I liked what I saw. It was a coupe with black leather and what looked like a manual transmission (I now Know it has a sports shifter which is manual automatic hybrid). I checked out the info and saw that it was a 2001 Acura CL type s. It had all options including a navigation system, pretty fancy. The asking price was $4,500, which was within my $5,000 limit. The only thing that almost scared me away was there were 194,000 miles already on the car. After going home and checking the blue book value I found that even with the high mileage the car still blue booked at $6,500. After seeing that the car was listed at $2000 below blue book I couldn't resist. I gave my Dad the all go to try and set up a test drive. He called me Monday night and told be that he got to see the car it looked nice and the fellow who owned it had kept really good care of it. There was a little rust on the front hood but other than that it was pretty well kept. My Dad was able to work the price down to $4200. I am going home this weekend as soon as possible so I can drive the car. Hopefully I will be able to take it back to school with me but it needs new plates and to pass inspection. The tint has to be taken off and one of the headlights needs a bulb replaced in order to pass inspection hopefully that won't take to long.

This is about what the care looks like, this one is probably a little nicer but almost the same.

It took a while, but I finally have a new car. I am happy and I am sure that Emma is happy. I can't wait to try out this sweet machine. Ask nicely and I may even take you for a spin!!