From left to right: the blond sprouts of Owen’s hair against his black car seat, Emilie’s staring into the bottom of a bag of gas station pretzels, Maddie’s disgust over her confinement to a car seat with no car, and Lola’s attempt to shield her pasty legs from the sun via a discarded coloring book.
This is what happens when you smell electrical smoke from the engine and then your alternator quits working on a Sunday morning at 10:30am in Buckhead.
Then, you call a tow truck to take your minivan to the dealer to be serviced when they open the next day. Hopefully.
And then, you call a cab–a “van cab,” actually–so that the six of you can get to a rental car facility to get a replacement vehicle as soon as possible.
But, shitty Checker Cabs says it’ll be 15 minutes when they mean 1 hour, 15 minutes, meaning Pretty Bride is not where she’s supposed to be at 11am and instead arrives around 2pm, because after the cab is late, we can’t find a car rental place that’s open until we finally find Avis in downtown and get a Chevy Traverse like the one I test drove at the M3 Summit just a few weeks ago.
And then it’s okay, because the Traverse is big enough for a bunch of car seats AND a bunch of shelves and mannequins and displays (not at the same time, though)! And the day gets better, as I get to see some friends and eat popsicles!
And finally crests with this sight upon coming home a few hours later:
Future lead singer of a U2 cover band, perhaps?
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In other news, I got to see Dave from Blogography and meet Diana‘s family Saturday night, which was WAY FUNNER than anything forced upon me on Sunday! Thanks for the proactive reprieve, y’all.
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I’m sorry to hear of your troubles, but I have to admit I enjoyed the photo, especially Maddie’s expression. It makes it worth it. Well, for me, anyway. 😉
@UR, Not for me, but I’m glad YOU liked it!
Titus Welliver attacked your minivan?!?
@SciFi Dad, I had to google that dude to see who he was. Is he known for making alternators quit?
I totally thought that was PB sitting on the ground between the kids.
@avitable, E looks sorta like her, but PB was actually standing to the right of the frame; her skirt and purse are visible.
Awww – well I’m glad everything worked out and the day got better!
I’m jealous of your meet-up!
@SL, Thanks…it almost made the weekend as a whole decent.
This is probably somehow my fault… I mean, your minivan was working just fine before I blew into town, wasn’t it?
Sorry.
@dave2, Yes. Go back to WA.
1. I’ve just noticed your new header, which, with its homage to the General Lee, is sheer brilliance.
2. Sorry about the Tide. I wasn’t sure who to pull for – I want an SEC team in the title game, but I also wanted to see a Boise State – TCU championship. Oh well, at least one of those is still an option.
@free man, Not sure whom to pull for? That hurts. Glad you like the homage to the “Dukes,” at least.
“Quit being a pussyboy and cowboy up”? I love you even more for using that line and I think I just found the person I want to raise my daughter if anything were to ever happen to me…
@JR Reed, Are you asking me to be a Godfather? I’m so honored!
Hey! Do you use Twitter? I’d like to follow you if that would be ok. I’m definitely enjoying your blog
and look forward to new posts.