Boise Trip and Car Woes

Brandon had an interview for an internal medicine residency program in Boise earlier this month. We were so grateful for the interview because it gave him a chance to visit his parents at home, which probably wouldn't have happened this year otherwise.

In other news our faithful Oldsmobile finally died. It's been sick for some time now and we knew this day would come eventually, but it was still sad. It was almost like losing a family pet; we've grown so attached to it. But, for all of our devotion, the anti-lock brakes haven't worked for over a year now, the hood release cable broke after an ill-placed rock found its way under the latch, rust was spreading from every seam, and 2... 3... I mean, all the hubcaps were missing. We were, however, getting fairly knowledgeable about car repairs, but our repair budget was quickly waning.
 

The one remaining hubcap - Brandon said it was tacky so we eventually threw it away.

Keeping it classy with a jerry-rigged hood release cable out the front grill.

We were very sad to see it go but grateful for the timing. Brandon has had a less busy rotation this month and he only had interviews at the very begining and very end of the month, so we had time to deal with looking for a new car. Brandon did plenty of reasearch and we love our Kia Forte. We hope it lasts a long time because we won't be ready to car shop again any time soon.