Come Feb 16, Valentines Day area, I would have my new car for a year.

Literally the most money I've ever written a check out for/spent in my entire life.

Not even the loan for my house did I put down that much money for...

And my house decision was long and stressful and royally freaked me out. It's my first loan EVER and its a big one.

So I wondered why it was so much easier buying a car, spending so much more money - these things stress me out to no end and take forever. Yet, it only took three days from falling in love with said car on Valentines Day and then buying it two days later. Just like that.

And then I realized making a HUGE financial decision was infinetely easier than deciding when to put down my dog.

I was running from the inevitable. That was a very expensive distraction.

I hope I can handle an animal situation a little better next time...

It wasn't a purely emotional purchase. There was logic to it. But still.

Maddy says I can have her Grandpas cat. Calico, longer hair, 6 years old, female.

An odd offer considering she lives in my house and claims to be allergic to cats, hence, me not having a cat already.

We'll see what happens with that....

But it seems weird to replace my dog with a cat when he hated/scared of cats, and it hasn't even been a year yet. But God said it was okay.

We'll see...