I've started to calm down after this past weekend and some time to think. I would recommend that if a friend says they're going to make a large purchase like a Tesla right after a severe/traumatic loss to wait a bit. We lost our Husky Abby on April 30th and ordered on May 8th. Abby wasn't any husky she saved my life because she went and got my husband after I had passed out from a heart condition and he was able to wake me back up. Ever since she monitored me and helped me through many of my darkest days with another condition as well as just being my best friend. We did everything we could to try and save her but weren't able. We also wouldn't be able to afford to buy a house anymore either, not in this market anyway, and our apartment complex has added J1772 and a Tesla charger in recent years. So we quickly decided to stay in our apartment for a few more years, we like it a lot anyway, and buy our dream car. This was pretty much because we felt our dreams had all been upturned in one month and all we had left was our shared dreams of an electric car. I don't regret buying a Tesla let me be clear there, but I do wish I would have waited a bit more to deal with the grief in a more healthy way. I feel that I put too much into getting the Tesla and that's caused myself a lot of extra pain that a little more time would have helped smooth over. Not that the delivery dates shifting so much is ok, but with what we've all collectively gone through the past year+ and issues are still being worked out of supply chains and people are just burnt out. Stepping back I've been mad at a company I've followed since I was a kid and adored because the wrong expectations were set by me but also partly by Tesla. I got too invested in getting it by the date, and now many to our dismay have realized the dates really don't mean a whole lot. So now we've settled into the "we'll get it when it comes" attitude. Our trip we had hoped to have the car for has past, and now we're going to sell our ice in the next week or so. Next big trip isn't until September, lol, hoping we have it by then as well but are prepared to rent a car. The transition to a cleaner future never promised to be easy or smooth, quite the opposite actually as the legacy makers have flailed about. Point is through all of this I know that the wait and frustration is going to be worth it to no longer have to burn fossil fuel and help wreck our environment. We'll all get through the frustration. If you've read this far thanks I hope you're weekend was safe and fun as well, and please keep your loved ones close.
