I haven't felt like writing for few days. Matt flew out a couple of days ago, and I've had a hard time since. I usually am a little blue after he leaves, but this time was especially hard for some reason. Garin and I drove him to the airport through an awful storm, but thankfully we all got there safely. The ride home wasn't as bad. It's been cold ever since, and this morning we had an inch or two of snow!!! Thankfully, we had less than was forecasted, and it melted quickly as temps warmed up much faster and a little higher than they expected.
We've been looking at used trucks at the dealerships and online, and Karl found one he really liked. It is fairly simple, but it has the features he really wanted: cruise, CD, A/C. He likes the simplicity of the interior as well as the extended cab, which has room for all of his flying gear (those huge duffel-baggish things he has to take along). He emailed the dealer for a price yesterday, and they wrote back with a ridiculously high price ($2800+ above blue book retail), so I emailed them and told them that was too steep for us and asked about a different truck that he also liked, just not as much as the first one. This morning, they emailed back and said that if we would buy today, they would take $3500 off the price they originally quoted on Karl's favorite one. Obviously, we jumped in the car and took off to the dealership! So Karl now has a nice 2004 Ford Ranger 4X4 with just 15,000 miles!!! We even miraculously got $1600 for our trade in, which is $500 less than blue book, but it was a great deal considering it needs over $2000 in repairs. Here are some pics of the new wheels.
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