  Sorry I've taken so long. Yeah, I've been busy with car possibilities and an ex bf-type-person and juggling bills and to-do lists regarding goin' ta Cali, but none of it really serves as an excuse. I check my email every day, I can at least say hi to you guys and get stuff thought through while I'm at it. I am trying to make a decision: Do I buy a car now and have a bad-ass road trip with Aimee and possibly Amy and hopefully Puddy Tat ( I found a place that will do her shots and a health screening for cheep, and they had great advice for road-trippin' kitties), or do I fly down and get a car once I'm there? I can take Puddy if I fly, I just have to find out how much extra it is and buy a little carrier thingy. A) It would be great to have the car already. I'm looking at a couple and have test driven one, an old Honda, which I can afford to buy outright. It passed muster with the ex bf-type-person, who knows his way around a car. He reported I'd need CV joints in the next 6-8 months, but that this was acceptable given the good deal I'd be getting.
It'd be great to be keeping my hand in driving over the next couple months, and be already all insured and AAAed, getting used to filling 'er up and topping up oil and the whole I'm-a-driver-now routine. And a road trip would be kick-ass. B) It would be great not to have the expense, yet. I'm also pretty sure my overall expense would be less if I flew, even with Puddy Tat. I have first, last and deposit to save out, an impending 1800 GOT JUNK bill and other moving money to consider.
It'd be nice to keep stuff very simple, and get the car as a separate project once I've arrived. So? I'll be feeling it out for a while, but the deal on this Honda is sticky sweet. 
