Pluses and minuses

This week has been full of pluses and minuses. We somehow added a Jeep to the family, while subtracting the trusty Jetta. And another big plus was also a minus — I just found out I got an A-minus in Civil Procedure, bringing my first semester GPA to just about 3.5.

So about that first addition — you might remember that I have a habit of impulse buys, and I think I may have married myself an impulse buyer, too. While Chel and I talked about our next car being an SUV, we didn’t expect it to get it for a few years. An SUV seemed more appropriate as a car for real grown-ups who have to transport real babies around, and we’re not planning to fit in that category until I get out of school.

But when the new car bug bites, it tends to bite big, and we found ourselves in a dealership on Monday, test driving a Jeep. Thanks to Chel’s amazing negotiation skills and a special deal Jeep was running, we ended up getting it for the same payment despite the fact that we were way upside-down on the Jetta. And thus, Avery the green Jeep Grand Cherokee has become a part of the family.

Now that we’re driving a grown-up car, we’re left wondering: Could the stars have aligned on this purchase because The Big Man Upstairs has another addition to the family planned sometime soon?