12.05.2012

Family Transport Specialist

Who knew that when you take one vehicle away from a two-vehicle family "fleet" that whole systems of family flow and time management would come to a crashing halt? Me. Actually, I knew that. Still, I was not prepared for just how much extra planning and juggling and criss-crossing of pathways and trading of vehicle rights would mess with my, shall we say, inner balance. Yeah, I'm a little stabby about this. Most days have me running the kids to school and Mr.F to work (45 mins round trip) and then I have use of the vehicle to do all the errands and chasing kiddos around to their involvements that I need to do. And then I get to run over and pick up Mr. F at the end of his day. However, should Mr.F be in need of his vehicle, we are adding at least one more 45 minute foray through the city to facilitate... and on occasion, there has been two such trips and I have wanted to rip the skin from my face in frustration. My personal record was six hours spent behind the wheel on one particularly icy day. So not impressed. Thankfully, these one-vehicle days are coming to an end. My beloved "Rocket" (rest her soul) is being written off by our insurance company. Today I finalized everything for my new ride. Hopefully on Friday I will be sitting behind the wheel of my very own non-moose-molested vehicle.

5 comments:

Bijoux said...

Oh thank goodness. Six hours as a taxi driver is brutal. I spend two hours most days driving middle child back and forth to college, so yeah, it's not exactly a joy ride. I'm most hopeful about this google car thing.

Craig said...

With Jen working close to full-time these days, the (thankfully, rare) occasions when we're down to one car can be, uh, challenging.

Hope yer new ride is a happy one. . .

Acting Gene said...

I feel for you. I once did without my car for a whole year. Try driving a motorcycle in the snow (its not pretty). Well on the bright side it sounds like you will be back to normal soon. Congrads !

Devin
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flutterby said...

Bijoux -- Google car? What's that?

Craig -- I can only imagine how busy your household must be. Makes me feel sheepish for complaining about my own inconvenience!

Devn -- I definitely wouldn't want to try driving a bike on the iceways we call roads around here, lately.

Bijoux said...

Um....google it!