6/21/2011

I’m dumb. But I'll get to that later... maybe, if I remember. Anyhoo, Sunday I go to lunch with mom then come home to take a nap. I decide I'm not going to waste the entire day shuffling through the TV channels and go for a hoon in Ms. Clio. After doing the Kessel run in under three parsecs... wait, that’s not right. After doing my usual hooning roads I decide to head up to Boyd to visit dad’s grave site. T’was father’s day after all. As I'm about to cross under Jacksboro Hwy on FM730, I see a ‘60s Ford E-100 van up ahead! I try to catch up to it but it makes the light at 730 and... um, 730 and turns left. I, however, miss the light. “Oh well,” I say to myself, “at least I got to see it for a moment.” Eventually the light changed and I got rolling on 730 to Boyd. I don't consciously try to catch up to the van, but apparently I'm still in hoon mode because I do catch up to it just as 730 chokes down to two lanes from four. Unfortunately, there’s a Jeep between us. I watch the van as well as I can until it turns off. I almost follow but decide against it. I bid it farewell and head on up to the cemetery in Boyd. After a few moments with dad’s grave (how long is Juan really supposed to hang out in that situation anyway?), I head on back. As I'm driving back towards Azle on 730, guess who pulls out in front of me... go on, guess. Yes, it was Morris Day and the Time! OK, it was the E-100 van actually. But y'all probably guessed that too. I followed it again until it pulled off and, once again, decided against stalking it by stopping... or not stopping to be more precise. I decided to take it as an omen and revisited the advert for the V10 van in Sachse. I really want it. I broached the subject to mom last night and she said she’s not against it. So, I've had a chat with the credit onion and the money should be in my account tonight. I'm kind of dependent on John's free time for when I can go through Not Texas to Sachse and buy the thing. But there’s no pressure, dude. I want it I want it I want it! Sorry, we’ll probably go Saturday if we don't trek out there one evening this week. We'll see. So, yeah. That is why I'm dumb. I think I'm going to buy a V10 van. Oh, I've also decided that since the F-150 was called Fifi, I'll call this E-350 “Edna.” I'm also thinking of stenciling “Ordinary Van. Nothing to See Here” on the sides. One more thing, I'm also going to ‘splain the reason for buying it as, “I wasn't sure I was creepy enough.” So, I guess that’s about all I have to say today.