I mean, not that I post anything of utter importance on this thing anyway. But I did upset them by not including them in my long list of people who actually read what I write. So first an apology... I'm sorry. Secondly, I love you both and since I can probably gurantee that you are both making more money then me I demand you come to Maryland to visit, instead of me coming to you. I am poor and currently trying to scrap whatever I have together for christmas and the " The Rit is Terminally ill and has 6-8 months to live so I need to buy a new car fund".

Its true, the first time i've announced it to anyone besides Mike or enterprise employees... the rit is dying, I think she has the automotive equivalent to cancer. Nancy, your dad diagnosed her himself. So I am starting (half-assed of course, since I still have six months) the process of shopping for a new car. I'm thinking a Subaru Forrester. Its small, yet gets decent gas mileage for an suv, and has AWD, which is important because no matter what the weather, someone still has a need to rent a car, and if there is a need, then I have to be at work (stupid people wanting to rent cars in icestorms). I would prefer the escape hybrid, but the added cost for the vehicle merely cancels out what I would spend in gas a year.

So i guess those are my inital thoughts.. who knows how much my mind will change over the next half a year, but we''ll see.

Here's a picture of one: