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I wish I was in a mood to fully enjoy the first real(ish) snowfall of the year.

Dearly beloved, it brings me great sorrow to announce that Doreen and I must call it quits. She has been an excellent if quirky gal, but I'm afraid my carelessness has forced her to take a leave of absence from the road for a good long while. By which time I will sadly have purchased a new Cherokee, but Elyssa and/or Ethan will be old enough to enjoy some time of their own with Doreen.

And yet even as I type, it seems my father may already have found for me an excellent little truck, described by him as being in wonderful condition, new this and new that, for less than half what was paid for my dearest Doreen. It just won't be the same, not quite, but even so. I am now in a somewhat better mood than when this post was begun. Such is often the effect of the possible acquisition of shiny new things.

Still, there are other matters. More personal matters. Just not sure whether or not I'm doing the right thing here. I'm starting to realize I could actually do it if I wanted to.

This is neither freeing nor satisfying.