A year and a half ago I sold my '67 VW bug and "swore off of cars", unless a dang good reason came up to have one again....Well, a year ago while on my "pitstop" in SLC visiting family and such, I find out I am pregnant. I decided on staying in SLC for the support of family for a while. The first 5 or 6 months of pregnancy we were car free.. relying on the SLC public transit system when you feel you might puke at any moment keeps things interesting. I rode the UTA to work and my doctor's appointments. I didn't like the idea of riding a bus with my newborn baby and we bought our Volvo. We ended up using it to go shopping and visit friends, to take me to work and to go to the mountains. Xims (my baby) liked riding in the car half of the time, and the other half of the time she would be screaming... trying to drive with a crying baby = not fun. About a month ago the Volvo was stolen from our driveway. The first few days after, I was angry and depressed about our situation. We started walking a lot, the grocery store, the ice cream shop, to Gramma's house... I was getting in shape. We took the bus if it was a long trip. Through all this I would just put Xims in a sling and she LOVED it! We got used to having no car with a baby in this city. The only times it bothered me was when I wanted to go to the mountains, a friends house or buy more than a bag full of groceries... oh and walking so much with an 18 pound baby in flip flops (my shoes were in the car). Overall we had more time for each other, we smelled the flowers on the way, and I could comfort Xims at any point of our travels easily. Car less life was alright!
The police found our car a few days ago still intact! After experiencing the pros and cons of having a car/not having a car I want to keep our driving to a minimum. It will be nice to go camping.
-Jen
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