Penguin-mobile II
Thu 19 May 2011 Filed in:
My LifeIt’s one of those perfect spring days in Seattle. My brother regularly accuses me of bringing Seattle rain with me wherever I go, but today is different. Today I was credited with bringing sunshine when we returned from England to what had been a very rainy Seattle. Maybe it’s true. It was supposed to start raining in London about the time we left, and we have returned to perfect spring weather in Seattle. I point this out for two reasons. First, it demonstrates that I am not an angel of dampness, no matter what my brother believes; I may like the rain, but I don’t control it. And this week I have brought sunshine - or at least the sunshine has accompanied me.
The second reason is that today with its sunshine, blue sky, and 70 degree weather is the perfect day to buy a car with a sun roof. So I did. Meet the successor to Matt’s Penguin-mobile: a bright blue pre-tsunami Scion xB, number 772 of the 2000 vehicles in Release Series 8.0. We decided not to mess with success; we are now a two-xB family - and I think the penguins would like it.
