A while ago, I wrote in one of my newsletters about the growth edge–being on the edge intellectually, spiritually, emotionally, and physically. I’m on an edge right now, and it’s so cool!
I must confess that I’ve never written about a car before. But, I now have a car worth writing about! My car, the typical “mommy” car, a Volvo wagon, was totalled recently (everyone was fine). I really liked that car, and I was very disappointed when it was gone.
But, we already have another Volvo wagon that the au pair drives, so I figured we should take this downer of losing our car and turn it around. Why not get something completely different? My husband and I had been talking about size and gas mileage, so he didn’t balk when I suggested we look at Mini Coopers! I was elated.
So, we researched and he found out that the automatic Minis weren’t very good. This was a bit of a thing–I’ve never had a stick shift car before. I can drive them, I just haven’t driven them a lot. My experience was limited to driving friends home in their cars who had a little too much, car rentals in Europe, and my husband’s convertible every now and then.
So, not only was I going to jump from a large Volvo wagon into a little Mini, I was going to jump into driving a stick shift on a daily basis.
I made the leap, and I love it! I get better at the stick shift every day. The size of a car feels like a jewel. Both boys can climb into their car seats. And I enjoy doing errands–I love zipping around town. I still get a little nervous when I come to a stoplight on a hill, or need to parallel park on a hill, but I am having so much fun.
I now know why people say driving is a sport! This little car is so much fun to drive. (And I didn’t even get the “S”!)
Our au pair asked if I was going to name the car. I’ve never named a car before, but I can see that I might want to! But “Mini” is such a good name already.
And it didn’t come with a roof decal. That could happen ….
I didn’t take this picture–I have gotten that cuckoo yet–but this is what my car looks like. Now, where am I going to go today?
Visionary Thinking 