The Flu & Our Minivan

This past week we have had the flu. None were spared, we all had it. It is a ferocious virus, and we had all the symptoms: fever, aches, coughing, running nose, sore throat. We are just now recovering. After 5 days of watching Barney and Word World (thanks to Netflix), I am looking forward to getting off the couch and cleaning my house.

I think the girls had it the hardest because I couldn't give them any medicine to help them sleep. Not that Nyquil helped me much. One afternoon I walked in to Sami's room and she was standing there crying. When I asked what was wrong, she said that she wanted to take a nappy. But she couldn't get in her bed. Poor thing. But I think we are all recovering. Thank goodness. 

And now to my minivan! Love my minivan. But I didn't at first. Because it stunk, like an animal. I had found the van on Craigslist and it was by Jonathan's work, so he stopped by and test drove on his way home. He loved it, loved the owner, etc, and made a deal. When he took me to pick it up, my nose was overcome with animal smell. I couldn't believe J didn't smell it! But he was congested (the beginning of the ferocious flu) and really couldn't smell it but it was overpowering to me and I got a headache driving it home. Honestly, if I would have test drove it, we would have passed it up. 

But we didn't and first thing on Monday morning, I took it in to get detailed. It was at the shop all day and it was so beautiful when I picked it up! And the smell was gone, thankfully. 

We love several things about it. 1. We love that it was cheap enough to pay for it cash with our tax return and the money we got from our insurance from Jonathan's car. 2. We love that it has rear AC. I have always felt bad for the girls in the back seat on hot summer days. 3. It has a dvd player. This is Sami and Jani's favorite and they want to watch a movie whenever we get in. But we made a rule that they get a show if our destination is more than 15 min. away. Not that they understand that, but it's nice to have a rule :). 

Jonathan worked so hard getting me this van, even when he wasn't feeling good, and I love him for it. It has more miles than we wanted, but that led to the "discounted" price. I think it will work out nicely for our family. I've always wanted to be a minivan mama!