U-Turn

D'you often have to make U-turns on what you said?

I remember many instances openly declaring in the past that we will / won't be doing this or that (esp. regarding the kids), but even in these few short years we already see ourselves changing our minds and doing the exact opposite.

One U-turn is the “kids no go school until 5 years old” one. We eventually sent Matt at N2 – 4 years old. In a few weeks, Sarah’s going in at N1 – a whole year earlier than Matt.

Another U-turn we’re right in the midst of navigating now is the “change car waste money only” one. In a couple of months we’re going to have to move 3 child seats and 3 adults around on weekends. We’ve considered getting a 2nd car on an off-peak licence, to catch the spillover from our current Ford Focus. A Kia Picanto has been on the cards since end last year, when we calculated that it actually works out cheaper to run 2 cars than to sell the Focus and get say a Mazda 5.

Amazingly, prices of >5 seater cars like the Toyota Wish and Honda Edix have fallen by over S$10,000 since we last did our sums. All things considered, we’re actually going to save money if we swap the Focus for an Edix now. Incredible! or should I say Providential?

All the more when a big chunk of the cash top-up just got wired over to me for a scholarship I won way back in 2000! Did somebody upstairs know that we’d have blown the scholarship money on a holiday or something, and so wisely withheld it until now, when we really need it?