I have found a whole new level of respect and awe for my mother. She is quite possibly the shrewdest and sharpest bargainer I have ever met. I had not planeed on buying a car AT ALL, let along any time soon; just some light browsing. After doing all my homework, I decided to call the local Kia dealer and ask them about the car and whatr they had available. To my surprise, they had ONE used Sportage...however it was 3 thousand more than the used one (the bad year one). I figured, what the hell. So my mom shows up with "the man" and we head on over. What started as simply a test drive and asking questions ended in buying the freakin car. So I am now an owner of a red (not crazy about the color) 200 Sportage with 6800 miles on it. The way my mothered handled herself, we managed to save about 5 thousand on the car. We got a 1200 discount from the credit union I went through because I am a student, we got 3000 for the trade in, we got some stuff thrown in there for free, and even managed ot get some low payments and interest rate. All that stuff matter little in light of the miracles my mom worked. Being an ex-actress does have its benefits. Those salespeople thought they were dealing with three foreigners and ended up with three sharks :) The porr guy even had to call reinforcements. This is one of those times when my mom;s knack for tiring people and wearing them down came in handy. I thought I was going to do all the talking, but no go, she handled it all. So there you go. It;s taking a little getting used, but I like it a lot. This is it...no more cars for a looooooong time. Althought, after the deal was through and we were driving home, we both looked at each other and were like, "What did we just do?" Seems kind of sily to get a new car when I plan on leaving in a couple of years anyway. Needless to say, she is looking forward to taking the car. The bad part to all this is I had to drop 200 bucks for a new car alarm because my mom wanted mine! Jeez. I am the one who lives in Compton.

Well, no sign of Rotunda yet. Been sooooooooooooooooooo nice without her rampaging all over the place. School starts next week and I have to finish my schedule and syllabus, build two websites, and get my shit together. My comps are in November, my show starts Sept. 23, my dance company auditions will be in a couple of weeks. ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!

But seriously....I'm fine :) he....he....hehehehehehehjkhlk;ha;dslgj;lkjb;lnpibmn' pom

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