Dad gets some new wheels
After over four years with my ‘87 GMC full-size conversion van, and almost literally “driving the wheels off of it”, we bought me a minivan today. Yes… a minivan. It’s an ‘01 Chrysler Town & Country (stupid name, IMHO), and really pretty nice. Nicer than I’m used to, anyways. It can seat 7, is all-wheel drive, and even has one of those cool electric doors on the pax/curbside. Most importantly, it has a radio! And doors that fully shut. And cupholders. It doesn’t leak antifreeze every time I drive it. And… you get the picture. Big upgrade.
I told Dar, that with this purchase, my transformation is now complete. Case in point: I volunteered at Caden’s school today, babysat several rowdy homeschoolers at a theater class on Tuesday, did my first scrapbooking earlier this week, washed several loads of laundry yesterday… and now I have the prototypical “soccer mom” vehicle.
So it’s official… Brian now has a uterus! Oh… I gotta go now. Supper’s on the stove…
February 16th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
OK. Hold on.
Bus guys, by definition, and by common agreement, cannot. have. a. uterus.
Rubbish.
Alright. Put down your spatula and get out there and fix that wheel seal. It still needs replacing, doesn’t it? Now…*doesn’t it?*…
February 16th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
Thanks for re-affirming my manhood, Chuck! Yes, said wheel seal still needs fixing… and brake block back there, plus shocks on front, new steer tires… it’s never ending.
Trouble is that there’s STILL feet upon feet of snow piled in the back yard. We have a looong trip to the Bay Area slated for the first two weeks of April, so I do need to get cracking on ‘dat bus.
Yes, the real problem with my new-found “girliness” isn’t the laundry, scrapbooking and new minivan. It’s because I haven’t gotten any grease under my nails for a good three months!
BTW, when you gonna fix YOUR blog so I can post comments??!