And there's more

Three years ago the crazy man bought his 'ideal' car - a Subaru station wagon, all wheel drive. Granted it was used but even used it cost close to what I paid for my brand new Toyota Matrix. The Subaru, it turned out, was a lot of grief and extra expense as things kept breaking on it, such the transmission in the 6th week of ownership. I've no idea how much the thing has actually been driven by the crazy man as he now either bikes most places or takes Muni downtown to the studio post move to the Mission.

Hence my surprise when he mentioned that he would be going to Reno to pick up a new car. Initially I thought 'new to him' not brand new. Ahh, still naive you say? Or perhaps just wishful thinking that by getting rid of the Subaru and buying something used that he may have money left-over to cover his growing debt to me. Ha - as if!

A brand new Yaris was purchased, Subaru turned in to off-set price. Now, I realize that the Yaris is a very inexpensive car, gets fabulous gas mileage and is not suitable to a photographer with a whole lot of gear. Apparently, this is the 'around town car'...yes, that's right, the 'around town car' because of the gas mileage and the ease of parking. He takes the g-friend's Honda CRV for jobs however there has been talk of replacing this with the larger Honda Passport - duh, new of course.

Yes, that's right folks. The priorities are: vacations, new vehicles, and eating out instead of consistently meeting the legal obligation of supporting the children. Oh, and, all those times he agreed to shared expenses but couldn't pony up....