There’s a new crush in my life, but to explain it, you’ll need to back-track to Monday with me for a spell…<\/p>\n
On Monday I had a little extra driving to do, but I tried to consolidate trips as much as possible to save gas.\u00a0 I used the trip to GCC with Laurent to swing by a friend’s house to drop off the middle girls for an afternoon of housework help; and then combined picking up Laurent and the girls with taking Jacob to karate.\u00a0 Really sensible, except for the part where I ended up driving in the 112 degree afternoon heat for much longer than a normal driveabout, and in the no-A\/C van.\u00a0 When the girls and I finally arrived at Wal-mart after depositing Jacob at his class, I was thoroughly drenched, and wobbled shakily toward the store, clinging to a daughter.\u00a0 Before we made it to the doors through which cold air blew invitingly with every passing customer, my phone rang.\u00a0 It was Jeff, with news that put my mere fainting discomfort on the back burner.\u00a0 I was so thankful that Paul had met us there, and I could hand the phone to my dear husband as soon as I walked through the door, because I had no idea what we were going to do about the fact that Jeff’s van had just broken down on the 51, in the middle of rush hour, and it was going to be at least an hour and a half till a tow truck could get to him.\u00a0 In 112 heat.<\/p>\n
It couldn’t have happened at a more confusing time, either, because we were waiting for news from the shop where our OTHER van was having its power steering problem repaired, and knew it was going to be any minute, and we really didn’t know which end was up for a while.\u00a0 We got the call while sipping refreshing beverages at the oversized picnic tables in the Wal-mart deli: our van was finished (no charge, since the most recent debacle was their fault – yay).\u00a0 So Paul set off to exchange vans and bring the newer one back to me, figuring we would pick up the old one later after he was finished with SVdP.\u00a0 Just then I got another call from Jeff, who sounded like he was really not going to make it in the heat, so I quick called Paul and told him he had better go help Jeff and we would deal with the van switching later.<\/p>\n
It was a good thing he did so.\u00a0 I’m a little fuzzy on the order of events, but I do know the tow truck came, Jeff was whisked away and attended his very first SVdP meeting, to which they arrived barely on time, and sometime before they got home, they indulged in a little supper at Boston Market.\u00a0 They also stopped and picked up our other van and brought them both home here, and after sitting in front of our fan for about a half hour, Jeff felt capable of getting behind the wheel again and heading for home.<\/p>\n
Late last night, after Jeff heard from the shop that his van was, in fact, a total loss, (I think he said something about warped heads) he started sending me links to alternative modes of transportation, and this is where my new crush comes into the picture.<\/p>\n
Because I cannot TELL you how much I love these!!!!<\/p>\n