to buy or not to buy

Okay, so it looks like it wouldn't be worth the money to fix our little car, as the mechanics say that even if we did rebuild the engine, the transmission would probably die in the next two years, and we don't like Sara enough to fix her (well, we like her, we just don't like her and two large-ish dogs at the same time). So now we're thinking of leasing a Forester, since we can't afford to buy it now, or make very large payments (i.e. >$300), but we can afford to lease, and should be able to afford to buy it, or its newer friend, by the time five years rolls around. I'm not sure how we'll stay within the 12K/year deal, so maybe we'll negotiate that up or something. In any case, I guess I'm glad that we're financially sound enough to be able to cover such an emergency, even if it's really annoying that we have to. I can't wait til Tim isn't at Grad Assistant salary any more.

That's the big news, and that's about all that's occupying my thoughts right now. I cooked last night to make myself feel better - vegetarian french onion soup, which Tim seemed to think was good (I don't like it - I just like the smell). I had pad-thai-in-a-box, and that was fine and good with me. I'm thinking of heading down to the commons to get some french fries in the near future, since a piece of pizza and some carrots was apparently not enough lunch.

what's in a name meme

( reasonably accurate )