...was super freakin' long.

Went bowling last night. Probably fell asleep between 3:30 and 4, I think (in the morning). Woke up... multiple times during the night. Was up at 7, and gave up trying to fall back asleep by 8, and got up.

I knew it was going to be a long day, already.

We were gonna go to Beaverton, Portland, even Sandy to look at used cars. We did so much today, it really feels like it took place over at least 2 days.

Many hours and many miles riding in my dad's truck, we narrowed it down the the Chevy Cobalt. Many more hours later (it felt, at least), we met this salesman named Oscar at... Carr Subaru. He's Mexican. A good hour later (and him driving us around the city (to look at their different lots) most of that time), he referred us to where his brother works. Miguel.
So at Miguel's work, we ended up actually BUYING a car. *gasp* But even more gasp-tastic was the deal. Seriously, man. It was ridiculous.

Chevy Cobalt. LT. 2008. 25,000(ish) miles. Grey Slate exterior. Practically perfect condition. But, it used to be a rental car, and that easily explained the miles and condition.
Guess the price?
Well, it was on sale.
$8,888.

Yeah. I really do like that car. =D


Anyway, so... something weird happened today. Well, we were in Portland, on the way to our final used car lot, and, dude, there were quite a couple cars on the road with us. 2 lanes each way. Median (thank god). So there was a sound like a motorcycle, but it was really... quick. Er, short lived? I don't know. If a motorcycle was speeding past us, that sound would last longer, right?
All of a sudden, this guy on a motorcycle doing a wheelie went past us.

Oh yeah. Super smart. Show-off.

Which reminds me.
I never told you guys about the fender bender, yeah?

I was with my mom and dad in Hazeldell. We were surprisingly looking at used cars. We were actually on our way to a certain lot. I was looking at the window like I always do. Just out the window, to our left, was the left turn lane. They had a bit of a line and a red light (or maybe a just turned green light), and we had a green light.
So we were going, and RIGHT outside the window, RIGHT next to us, I see this red car slowing to a stop (or trying to), their nose going UNDER the bumper of the poor car in front of them, and I saw the red bumper split in half, and the silver bumper fall off.
Not to mention, it made a really gnarly and loud sound that made my parents look.
Looking back, there was already smoke coming from the red car with the now crippled hood.
It certainly shook us all up, and my dad had to turn into the nearest (albeit crappy) used car lot so he could calm down.


Let's just say that NOT crashing my Cobalt is the only thing that goes through my head when I'm driving.