June has been a bit of blur.
For my wife and me, the month began with a 1:00 AM phone call where we learned that our son had bagged his first deer—with a 4-door Honda.
We were relieved that neither he or his friend were injured. However, we had to say goodbye to our venerable Civic.
Oh Deer Me
A few days later, I finished up the school year.
Then a couple of days after that we left for vacation–as they say in Michigan, we went “Up North” for a week of hiking, dining out, visiting charming Lakeshore towns, and a healthy amount of loafing in our rental’s screened-in porch with a scenic forest overlook.
We returned to Grand Rapids and began car shopping. When our son had moved out a while ago, his plan was to borrow the Civic and he would eventually buy a car of his own.
Though Lori and I had been getting by with sharing one car for several months we decided to provide our insurance settlement money to him. He got a small loan from his credit union and bought his first vehicle. We didn’t even have to co-sign anything! The kid is pretty good at “adulting.”
For the first time this millennium, I live in a one-car household. I’m not all that into cars, so I’m good with that. I had a meeting last week and walked two miles (sorry not barefoot in the snow, uphill both ways) to get there.