Hooray for a New Jeep

I saw some of my students for the last time. For some of these kids I will not see them again due to the holiday and the start of summer vacation! Next week is my last week of work before the baby comes. The last day of school, June 1, is a good time to end tutoring because it makes for the best transition for students. There is still a bit of time before the baby comes, but this will give me a chance to get our apartment mostly organized for the move. This was week 32 of the pregnancy and I am excited to be getting things ready. This week the car seat came in the mail! We tore open the box and put a stuffed animal in the car seat.
Also, this week the weather has been wonderful. So, on Thursday Catherine and I had a picnic lunch on campus. We met some overly friendly birds, and decided not to share our lunch with them. The University Campus is so beautiful in the spring! Oh, and Catherine gave me a peanut butter chocolate cookie that was one of the best ones I have ever had.
The most exciting news of the week was that we actually found a four door Jeep Wrangler!!!!!!! Ever since Chrysler announced that they were starting production on the four door (This happened last summer.) I have wanted one. It is the solution for those who love their Wranglers and are concerned about the Wranglers' inability to accommodate a car seat. (I am one of these people.) We first test drove the new Wrangler in March. After some stalling I put my red Jeep up for sale. (I was very emotional about parting with the jeep I have known and loved since 2004.) However, since then we have learned that dealerships have a tough time getting four door Wranglers on their lots. Production is slow and the 4 dr is in high demand. This time of year they say that it could take four months to order one from the factory... that is if your order even gets processed. And if you wanted a 2007 you were pretty much out of luck and would have to wait for the factories to start production of the 2008 models. We were not discouraged, we were determined to find one that had been previously ordered but not yet arrived.
Honestly, I never thought that I would drive a brand new car. I thought that it was really silly and that people should always buy nice used cars. I thought that new cars were a total waste of money. However, there is no such thing as a used four door Jeep wrangler, because they are brand new. (If they had had used ones, we would have gotten one.) And I need a car that will work with the car seat really soon because the baby's due date is six weeks away. I couldn't believe it when we went to the third dealership yesterday and they actually had one. At the time we were still planning on seeing what inventory was to be arriving next month and never expected to actually see one on the lot! We wavered back and forth over getting a hypothetical car that would be coming in June or an actual physical car that was sitting right there on the lot. We were so lucky, it has manual transmission and a hard top! I had been so sad about letting go of my red jeep, and honestly it will always have a very special place in my heart. However, this jeep is even cooler! (And I am not the least bit sad about the red one any more!) We are now trying to think of good names for the new jeep we have thought of calling it "The Mini Van", or "The White Beast". If you can think of any other good names please feel free to post them!