Day ONE

So after being driven back to home by my gracious Mother in Law last night. Today was our first official day without a car.
Just to make things interesting I woke up with bites all over my legs and had to go to the Dr. Thankfully this dovetailed nicely since my credit union is around the corner from his office, and we are still without debit cards so I have to visit the branch to withdraw cash. Our account was compromised, for the second time this month, on Sunday and cards were frozen. So one train ride, it was miraculously an express , we hit the Dr., the bank, and the pharmacy. We needed to go to Target for contact solution and frozen meals for my husband to take to work. I checked the bus schedule on my phone and decided that it was best for us to go home, eat lunch, ditch the rain gear and rest as Lil Man was tired and then hit the big T.

 We came home, rested, ate, played and then after consulting the weather channel I decided we needed to go before the storms hit. We made our trip , got our supplies and came home and made dinner.

All in all the first day was okay. The hardest part....my son. He is not used to the amount of walking and waiting. Bringing a stroller would just make everything harder. We are all just going to have to buck up! Be more organized and deal with the waiting and walking.
Tomorrow....no real plans, no errands(that I can think of) so we will see how things go.

21 years

For the last 21 years I have owned a car. I bought my first car when I was 15 and in drivers ed. A family I babysat for was moving to London so they sold me their 1982 Toyota Carolla for $250. It sat in the car park that summer while I learned to drive. My Dad took me out in it to teach me how to drive stick. I finally got my license a month after I turned 16. I drove that car for 3 years, sold it for $250 with a flat tire!!!
By then I was in college and driving to campus from home in my red Jetta. That car lasted 3 years and finally gave out shortly after I graduated. Once again Dad came to my rescue. He helped me get a loan on a Pontiac Sunfire. It was a nice little car. 3 years later I was ready to upgrade, and Dad helped me again. I bought a 2000 Xterra! I was over the moon, huge storage for camping gear and my bike and not a bad looking little

SUV.  Since then I have moved 3 times, got married, changed jobs and careers, and had a son.
Yesterday, while my husband was driving us to his mothers, the engine locked up.The mechanic confirmed our worst fear....she was DOA. The cost to repair was far to much for us to pay and or borrow. So we made the decision to sell her for scrap and go without a car for the foreseeable future. So now we begin a new phase, a urban family(who have always had a car) without a car. I know others have done it, so I can too.