Car Free Once Again

Cross posted at the Shock Family Circus blog.

As quickly as it arrived, it was gone. I no longer own my 2000 orange Miata I named "Orangina". The job I bought it to commute for I quit before I even started for a job that is Metro accessible. Despite how much I liked the car, I didn't want to keep it if I'm not going to drive it on a regular basis. We lived with one car for three years before I bought Orangina, so I wouldn't be blazing uncharted territory. But we went a step further. We traded in the Miata and our beloved Xterra, a.k.a. "Ruby" for a "family" car. We bought a 2012 Mazda5 wagon. Known to car enthusiasts as the "minivan for those who hate minivans". And we hate minivans. We're back to being a one car family but with a 6 passenger family car. We've already broken in the car Shock family style by hauling our hairy dog in the back on our holiday weekend roadtrip. He definitely left his mark.

Vindication

I've always thought dressing up pets in clothes or costumes is taking pet ownership way to far. I imagine the pets hate it. That's always been my biggest concern, that the pets feel stupid and humiliated. Well, now I have proof that my theory is correct. Bridget Pilloud, pet psychic, told the Boston Globe that dogs do not, in fact, enjoy or appreciate being dressed up in little costumes. "They think clothes are silly and that they cause people to see them as cute instead of seeing their true nature." Yes, that is my dog, Solace, with antlers on. It was the wife's idea. Poor bastard.