hot wheels

Sometimes it pays to be a lone woman at the car rental dealership.  Because sometimes, though you have requested just a regular old economy car in order to pay just the base price, the dealer tells you that they have a new convertible silver sebring that just came in.  And oh--he would make you a deal, and you could just drive out with that for an extra $50 for the whole week.  Um, okay.  

And here's the best part: Drew kind of wanted to rent a nicer car.  But me, being well, me, told him that we should probably just get the minimum.  We should probably save our money, that as long as it got us to where we needed to go, that was enough.  And he agreed.  But I could tell that he thought it would have been nice if I thought it would have been nice for us to drive in a convertible down the Pacific Coast Highway, hair blowing in the wind, cares gone with the wind, and all the while singing California, here we come by the Phantom Planets.  

Anyway, this convertible was made readily available and so I took it.  And when Drew asked me what kind of car it was that I rented, I simply said, Nothing fancy, Drew.  Just a Ford Escort,  at which point he gave a very unenthusiastic grunt of approval and summarily dropped the subject.  

So now I can't wait to pick him up from the airport first thing tomorrow morning in this car. He's gonna be so surprised, I just know it!  And believe me, Drew is a wily one to surprise; he usually tells me he kind of knew what was going on after the fact (which, may I just point out is quite easy to say and requires no proof whatsoever).  But not this time.  So, this is a nice little surprise that God worked out for us...

Thank you for all your kind, if not direct (Merry!), words.  I appreciate your prayers and your sympathy--the airline did change Drew's return flight so that we have one more full day together next Monday, which is another day off for me.  

And I bet you thought I would never have an image of a convertible headlining a post on this blog.  Well, at least that's what you might have concluded if you had thought about it at all:-)