the events that are ahead...and behind

so....in the past two weeks...it's just been hectic. 

we went to MN for a two day trip.  t had work there and i tagged along.  i got to stay at an amazing hotel.  highly recommend if you are in MN and have some cash that you are dying to get rid of.  it's called the Graves601.  it was super modern, with all kinds of neat artistic elements on different floors.  Right in the heart of Downtown Minneapolis and even better, less than a block away from Fogo De Chao.  what a deal.

we came back to the real world work on thursday or last week.  some big fateful event had happened in MN though, that we didn't know was fate.  i rented a car online and when we got in at 11pm on Monday, they didn't have the speck of a car that we ordered through the economy line.  they instead had a prius.  i drove like crazy in this thing.  it was awesome.  i loved it.  we got back and immediately, i looked into if i could own my very own. 

after haggling (the details of which i won't subject you to), i got it on Saturday.  in the end, yes, i had to put money down.  i should get that back in the tax credit next year, and i will promptly put that money into savings, for the event that i need to buy a new battery for the car in the next 4-5 years. 

even better than all of that....

i was prepared to have t co-sign with me, once again, because after numbnuts was in my life...well, my credit was gone.  last time i bought a car, i think the dealer laughed at it...maybe just snickered a bit.  i sat in the dealership, as he ran our credit.  i think i was sweating...i hate that feeling.  he got done and snickered.  kind of blew air out of his mouth like, "wow, you weren't kidding your credit was bad".  but instead, he said, "well, your credit isn't too bad at all".  turns out, after paying extra on things, paying on time, etc.  my credit had jumped 100 points.  no joke.  i bought the car all on my own, at a slightly higher interest rate than if both t and i had done it.  but it just felt good.