My Car

So..along with selling our townhouse and nearly all our possessions we will be selling our cars.  That's probably not surprising since what would we do with them for 1-3 years while we are gone??? Most of you who know me know I'm am not enamored with cars, mine or anyone else's.  I know what I like-small, sporty in a color other than a neutral.  That's it.  I seldom know one make from another nor do I really care.

Goodbye sweet car!  It's been nice!

That said, I'm finding it hard to think of selling my car.  Not because I just love it (though I do) or because I want to drive in Paris (which I absolutely do not!).  Since I was 16 and bought my first car (a Ford Falcon!!!), I have had a car.  I could go when I wanted, leave when I wanted--it was an independence I appreciated.  Now, without a car,  I will be at the mercy of a metro system (though an excellent one and pretty easy to figure out) and a bus system (again very easy)...oh, and my two legs (one of which is recuperating from meniscus surgery so not real reliable this moment!!).

Adrian says not having a car is liberating--no insurance, no gas, no maintenance, no parking issues, no car payments.  I get that.  Really.  But right this moment I'm thinking more about walking to a metro station or bus stop (my mother did that!) and waiting to go wherever it is I'm wanting to go.
Do you see what I'm saying????  I'm a little fearful of the unknown (does that sound ridiculous as I plan to move out of the country??!!) and can see myself getting lost or ending up in Timbuktu (did you know that's a real place?????And it's not close!!!).

This is just another "letting go of the old and embracing the new" I'm facing.  And while I have just revealed a little of my personal crazy, I also know this urban lifestyle I am approaching will soon (I hope!) be my new normal and I may never want a car again!!!!!  You never know.....