Mourning my Jeep....

Since I was in the 4th grade, I had dreamed of having my own green Jeep Wrangler. I used to paste pictures of myself in magazine ads for Jeeps....I love them. I almost bought a bright red Jeep Wrangler 6 years ago, but I decided to try Grad School instead....and that didn't work out for me, so I was sad I had chosen school over my opportunity for a Jeep.

Whenever I would see Jeeps, I would imagine myself driving one....with the top down and my hair blowing in the wind....yeah, Jeeps were made for me and I was made for Jeeps.

So finally in May of 2006, I got my Jeep. It was not the green one of my dreams and fantasies, but boy was she a cute Jeep! We had fun together, it was everything I had ever dreamt of. I was the girl in my dreams, happy, content and free. We drove in the mud, in the mountains, in the rain, in the snow, in the sun. The dogs and I would jump in the Jeep and go hiking or whatever we felt like doing. Yes, my little Jeep was my good friend in the year Malo was gone.

But this weekend, my Jeep and I had to part ways. Our lives were just not working together anymore. See, the backseat of a Jeep Wrangler comes optional and since last May we did not have kids, only dogs, we decided we'd take the price break and go without. And as we all know, the most wonderful little girl has made her way into our lives as of June...thus requiring a backseat in order to go anywhere with her...and so I got a little Kia for super cheap from a friend and thought this would allow us to keep my Jeep...as long as we had one car that we could travel in as a family. Well, I am NOT a car person; I need to be higher off the ground than a car allows...but I've been doing it. Now here is the real problem....Malo has been driving the Jeep and I have been jealous....its my Jeep, my dream, right? Right. Well, it turns out that the Jeep just isn't a practical car for us at this time in our lives....Malo needs a truck. He recently rented a U-Haul to go get some wood because we couldn't get it in the Jeep...yeah, I know.

So....anyway, seeing as Miss Jeep isn't practical for us right now, Malo traded her in this weekend for a 4 door Toyota Tacoma....so we can all be a family and go places together in either vehicle. The thing is, though, I feel like I've lost a dear loved one or gone through a divorce or something...I can't quite place my finger on the exact emotion. You know how sometiemes when you want something for so long and you finally get it, you are disappointed? Not so with my cute Jeep....she was everything I'd hoped for (except the color!) and now she's gone...gone...gone....and thus I mourn...the loss...of my wonderful Jeep. May she rest in peace, beautiful, wondeful Jeep....sigh....sob....