Goodbye, car!

It’s official. We have no more car! It’s a little scary, to be honest. But we thought it through a lot and I think we’ll be okay once we begin to use the local bus’, bikes, and FLEX cars more. I got a $70 bike trailer off Craigslist now so I also have a way to take back library books and pick up peanut butter at the grocery store, lol.

I’ve actually been kinda excited about the aspect of us taking more time to plan things and not end up running errands inefficiently.  I wonder how much gas we used in the last 4-5 months simply going 1 mile and back from the movie rentals and grocery store, when we could’ve done one trip per week or something and actually been organized about it! Well, this morning we catch the bus to church and back, which is actually a pretty sweet deal. It’s the same bus the whole way, and the driving time is about 30 minutes, which it takes us to get there anyway. There’s more walking time, which Hubby and I rather enjoy.

I think the most difficult aspect will be Hubby’s now 2-3 hour commute each day, along with the $100 monthly pass for the Washington busline. Interestingly, his boss has offered an old truck he could use for his commute, so we’ll see how that pans out. So long as the gas doesn’t exceed the pass, it could work out nicely. Don’t you just love generous people? It makes you want to go out and help others too. But that’s a whole other post.