calm

Life has felt pretty peaceful. There is always a slight buzzing around the edges, whether it be the happy, jumpy buzzing or the stressed-out and overwhelmed buzzing-it is a constant, but the center feels warm, rich, and calm.

So, Chris and I became a cliche last night. Yep, we bought a minivan. We have been having quite the automobile dramas lately and our $700 Craigslist bargain officially kicked the bucket yesterday on the freeway. This is after only 3 weeks of owning it. Oh, and in the 3 week time span we (or rather Chris) had 2 near death occurrences while driving it. When we bought the clunker I was so giddy with excitement thinking I outsmarted all the suckers that went out and bought these multi-thousand dollar cars when I got a perfectly fabulous car for only $700. So what if the lights in the dash didn't work and you couldn't see how fast you were going at night. Who needs heat in the middle of winter when you have blankets to throw over your lap?
Let everyone stare while waiting at the light because your car is idling so loudly it sounds like you'll be headed for the moon in mere seconds. Xavier would say, the car is sneezing, and we would all laugh. Much better than being laughed at.

We really were fine shining a flashlight on the dash at night, bundling up extra-warm sans heat, and pretending it wasn't our car making all the racket at the light. We weren't so fine, however, when we had have it towed from the side of the freeway to our house where it now sits sad and lonely in the driveway.

Enter the super stylin', 7 passenger carryin' minivan (complete with a tape deck!!!) I suppose I'm a sucker and a cliche, but the heat never felt so good....

Anyone need a car???

If so, you better bring a tow truck.