Gots me a new car

Alright so I am apparently the WORST blogger in the world (I actually blame it on my dad since I was waiting FOR-ever for him to give me the pictures of our road trip down here. But that's a story for another blog entry... or two...), but I'll try and catch you up on the things I've been doing since I moved down south:

On the exact same day that I was chopping all the hair off my head (ok my hairdresser did it but that sounds way less dramatic), I got a nice little email from my recruiter that was forwarded correspondence from my manager. It read a little like this: "soooo where should I book Erin's plane ticket to after her training in Houston? Maurice? (side note: this is Maurice. Imagine my horror when I got my job offer, Googled it and realized what the population was! I live in Lafayette; much more manageable)" Manager's response: "No; Erin is going to be driving to Maurice." I had to read that again. Like four more times... drive?! From Harbour Grace? (point of reference: this happened on a Tuesday and I was leaving to start training Sunday that same week) I don't even have a car?!

Solution: buy a car. If only everything in life could be solved that easily right? I had my heart set on an SUV. I know, I know; typical oilfield employee polluting the environment. Get over it. I really wanted a Ford Escape but my one afternoon of SUV shopping didn't yield any reasonable results for that particular model. BUT I found this gem (don't judge the colour):

Also had to get it an awesome magnet for the back:

Not bad for a 2007!! Also have discovered I'm never going to be able to sell this car in Louisiana (due to the whole km/h speedometer so I guess they're just going to have to move me back so when I want to get rid of it ;).

p.s. it's a Suzuki Grand Vitara