The wheels on my Honda go round and round...

...and round and round! The dying, transmission blown, can't go over 25 at times (sometimes can't even get up that high) ol' minivan is no more. At least, no more being driven. By me. Cause I got me a new (to me) Honda crv! It's so cute! And God worked, I mean, HE WORKED, in this transaction.

I saw what I thought to be a good car on Autotrader.com. 100,000 miles, Edmunds said for what they were asking it was a good deal. So, I asked a friend from church, Jim, to go out with me to look/get it. Jim is a really nice guy, but if he wants to he can be army scary, which is what I wanted to get the best price. As it would be, he was able to go in the middle of his work day that particular day (called him on the spot.)

When we got out there, guess what, oops, it's not 100,000 miles but 136, 000 miles! BIG difference. And, no, that "check engine" light doesn't mean anything, it just needs an oil change. RI-IIIIGHT. So, anyway, just to make sure, Jim calls up his best friend Steve who is a Honda mechanic and Steve says to run, run far away from that car. Jim says "Heh, aren't you selling a car?"

And there we are. Except one big thing: Steve's car was on sale for TWICE the money I had. See, Brad is taking his time, not paying my lawyer, saying he's not gotten the papers, etc, so my separation isn't legal yet. Which means I DON'T HAVE PROOF OF INCOME, so I can't get a loan on my own yet. So, I ONLY had the money from my student loan and couldn't get any more.

So, ends up, Steve had a co-worker of a relative ask to buy the Honda by making payments, and he said no. He bought it from the dealership (a trade-in for a newer Honda) and put all new everything in it for a friend's daughter going off to college, and then the friend's daughter changed her mind. So here he was, stuck.

And God moved. Because Steve agreed to take my money, and wait till January when I get my second half of my student loan for the rest of it.

Thank you God! Thank you Jim! Thank you Steve and Laura! I now have reliable transportation, more reliable than I could have afforded. God moves in the COOLEST ways!