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Thank God I'm a country boy.
Aug. 11th, 2009 10:26 pmSo my dad flaked out again on the car, which sucks. But the good news is, he finally did call me, so I know what's going on. He hurt himself at work a few weeks ago. That sucks. But I am his daughter, and I don't think that really excuses him not even calling to tell me so much as, "I got hurt, I can't deal with the car thing now." He just dropped completely off the radar. And it's not something where he was in the hospital for days or anything. I don't know. Partly I feel callous for not having more sympathy that he got hurt, but I'm finding it hard, considering he just didn't call me for so long.
But I did get real word that he's not coming next week, which meant that I could go ahead and buy a plane ticket home. And since that will delay my trip home, Dad sounded pretty sure he could help me car shop when I'm home. Which, at first I thought would be a pain, because I don't want to drive a used car cross country the day after I get it, nor do I want to deal with buying a car in one state and then having to register it in another. But my dad is still looking at new or certified vehicles, which I'm much more comfortable pushing off the get go, and it turns out buying a car in MD and registering it for another state is easy, and dealers can do it for you when you sign for it. So that's good.
We also discussed the loan thing. He wanted to put the loan in my name and pay me every month, so I could build credit. I thought that no bank should give me a car loan, since I really don't have sufficient income, and besides, I don't honestly trust him to pay me every month. But he said he could just pay for it right off (one day I will have such a bank account - probably when I've been working for 30 years), so we may not bother with a loan anyway, which eases my mind greatly.
So I get to go home and car shop there, which makes things easier all around (and because even if he flakes at the last minute, I can do it on my own a lot easier in MD than in MN), plus, you know, HOME! And I am going to try like hell to go to Renn Fest, and it's my grandfather's birthday (88, I think), and my Colorado cousins will be in town, and maybe my aunt too, so I get actual good family time, and I can pick peaches at Larriland, and see all my friends and my puppies...
The only thing I had envisioned doing that I don't think I will was going to the beach. I was thinking about driving down literally for a day - get up at 6, get there by 9, drive home late that night or early the next morning. But I don't think I'm going to have time, between car shopping and seeing people. We'll see.
But I did get real word that he's not coming next week, which meant that I could go ahead and buy a plane ticket home. And since that will delay my trip home, Dad sounded pretty sure he could help me car shop when I'm home. Which, at first I thought would be a pain, because I don't want to drive a used car cross country the day after I get it, nor do I want to deal with buying a car in one state and then having to register it in another. But my dad is still looking at new or certified vehicles, which I'm much more comfortable pushing off the get go, and it turns out buying a car in MD and registering it for another state is easy, and dealers can do it for you when you sign for it. So that's good.
We also discussed the loan thing. He wanted to put the loan in my name and pay me every month, so I could build credit. I thought that no bank should give me a car loan, since I really don't have sufficient income, and besides, I don't honestly trust him to pay me every month. But he said he could just pay for it right off (one day I will have such a bank account - probably when I've been working for 30 years), so we may not bother with a loan anyway, which eases my mind greatly.
So I get to go home and car shop there, which makes things easier all around (and because even if he flakes at the last minute, I can do it on my own a lot easier in MD than in MN), plus, you know, HOME! And I am going to try like hell to go to Renn Fest, and it's my grandfather's birthday (88, I think), and my Colorado cousins will be in town, and maybe my aunt too, so I get actual good family time, and I can pick peaches at Larriland, and see all my friends and my puppies...
The only thing I had envisioned doing that I don't think I will was going to the beach. I was thinking about driving down literally for a day - get up at 6, get there by 9, drive home late that night or early the next morning. But I don't think I'm going to have time, between car shopping and seeing people. We'll see.
