Car Owners Again

It was brief--just 12 days--but for a time Tara and I owned no car. On September 12, we bid farewell to our minivan, about two months after we had sold our VW bug. From that date until two days ago, the 24th, we were carless. Something neither of had been since 1997, when we lived in Mongolia. There is a special kind of freedom one feels not owning a car and it was fun while it lasted.

But, it is also good to have a car again in other ways! We are the proud owners of a 2000 Mitsubishin Montero Endeavor with 92000 miles on it. I am just back yesterday morning from a trip to San Jose and Grecia to retrieve the car and do some other shopping. In addition to being new (used) car owners, we are also now the owners of:

1. a pair of bongos
2. a keyboard
3. a printer
4. two lunchboxes
5. an answering machine

And so we are now able to make music, print things from our laptops, carry lunch to school and hear all your lovely voices should you choose to call our landline and find us out of the house!

Unfortunatly we are not owners of a charged camera. Tara's camera batteries are dead and we cannot find the charger. Hence, no photos of the car (or the bongos, or the keyboard...)

Ciao for now!

Pura Vida!