The finish line

[jchrisobrien]

I can still remember looking at the single largest check I ever wrote. Thousands of dollars, all represented on a small strip of paper. It didn't weight any more than any other check, but the significance of it was heavy. I was about to purchase my first brand new car. Over the next five years my car (the Silver Bullet) has taken me from Montreal to Georgia. We've gone to raves, to beach parties, to crowded cities, to secluded houses. It has scars from near misses and misjudged turns. It's served me flawlessly save for a flat tire. But it was all on borrowed time. The car belonged to the bank, you see, it's wasn't really my car.

Now it is.

As of this morning, my last car payment check cleared the bank. Wave the checkered flags and pop the champagne. The Silver Bullet is now mine.

Comments

*YAY*

[hawkegirl.livejournal.com]

Congradulations!

Re: *YAY*

[silas7.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! Congratulations on your latest addition, too. She looks wonderful. *smile*

[scrabonia.livejournal.com]

woohoo! Good for you! :)

[silas7.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's a pretty exhilerating feeling I can tell you. :)

ROCK!

[xenoglaux]

I remember when I payed my car off....

Nothing felt better.

Re: ROCK!

[silas7.livejournal.com]

It's a major accomplishment.
It's like getting a big raise each month!
It's knowing that the bank "can't take that away from me."

I will definitely have a celebration in honor of this, perhaps to coincide with my first cookout of the season!

[couplingchaos.livejournal.com]

congratulations!!

[silas7.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[spitcurl.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[silas7.livejournal.com]

*does the victory dance*

[silentq.livejournal.com]

woo hoo! :)

[silas7.livejournal.com]

and a big awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww yeahhhhhhhhhhh!!!

Time to put some pudding in the trunk.

[alonewiththemoon]

Time to put some pudding in the trunk.

dear god that sounds like some awful euphemism of some sort...

but congrats on the car!

[silas7.livejournal.com]

In this case it's very literal (Barry and Levone)
and thank you thank you about the car!

[rojagato.livejournal.com]

Congratulations. It's a wonderful feeling, to be out from under debt ... also like feeling you're borrowing your rich uncle's car everytime you want to drive somewhere.

[silas7.livejournal.com]

My only other debt is my student loan, but that will always be there. :)

By the time I pay that off, I'll likely have a mortgage to pay. So as far as I'm concerned, I'm out of debt!

[darla.livejournal.com]

Yay! That's so exciting. i could never be so responsible. ; )

[silas7.livejournal.com]

You'd be surprised. After a while you think it will never end. Then you make your piece with making the payments. And then one day... POOF! The payments are gone, and you get to think about what you'll do with all that extra money :)

[mrfph.livejournal.com]

That is the best feeling in the world. When those bastards mail you the title, put it somewhere safe!
Plus, do you know how many extra cds you can buy a week now :)

[silas7.livejournal.com]

I think I'll frame the title and hang it in my room!

I can buy 3 extra CDs a week now.
Or,
8 sushi dinners a month!

Or I can do something mundane, like get my taxes caught up.

What I'd like to do most is put some of that away towards traveling.

[debbie.livejournal.com]

what model izzit?

[silas7.livejournal.com]

1999 Suzuki Esteem. It's been very reliable, with good gas mileage, and it looks nice enough to my eyes. Not a lot of power, but it takes me where I want to go, and doesn't fall apart!

[sirendipity.livejournal.com]

woot!

congrats, sweetie!

*hugs*

[silas7.livejournal.com]

*hugs back*

Truly this is a day of awesomeness!