Dear Friends,
BEFORE you accuse me of being an arch MATERIALIST...let me do some explaining.
Firstly, the merc cost the same as our Mazda did 12 years ago - I know! hard to believe so really there was no argument. If we get 12 years of trouble free driving out of this new baby, well then I shall not complain. BUT it is not just an ordinary car - NO this car makes me feel like a SEX KITTEN. Seriously, the metallic bronze and golden colour so suits my hair colour, it is such a SEXY car!! I now have to dress accordingly. Everything about this car spells EMANCIPATION. It is a girl who wants adventure type of car - if you get my drift. No it is not a big huge Moma Bear SUV like the Mazda MPV gas guzzler was. I am going from an 8 seater with child vomit and doggie destruction engrained into the seats, to a slick 5 seater with a smooth golden interior and tinted windows - a real Thelma and Louise vehicle - YEE HAW - anchors away...Goodbye Moma Bear lifestyle - Hello Glamour Puss!! It was meant to be!!
So yes - I shall be saving on motor repairs and fuel bills - I think that warrants the sainthood status of simple abundance? It makes sense from an economical point of view...right?
Oh by the way...just as I was complaining about the lack of daffodils in my garden, guess what happened this morning? I went for an early morning walk around the garden and found several daffodils hiding behind trees and in little warm shady spots. I got a lovely little bunch and now am enjoying looking at them on my office desk as I write. They brought a big smile to the faces of all the patients coming in. They were truly worth the wait and are so much nicer than the runt daffodils they were selling at safeway. These ones are voluptuous and one of them has an orange interior. I picked them at random so what a lovely surprise to find the one with the little orange face. Yes, nature is awesome.
Tonight Kevin and I hand over our old Mazda and I am very lonely having to kiss it goodbye. It is truly the end of an era...We collect the new vehicle and if our experience with the Mercedes family is anything like it was on Saturday, I shall look forward to meeting them again. Picture the scene last Saturday - Kevin in track suit bottoms and unshaven looking like a druggie and me with no face made up and I don't even know if I had brushed my hair - no showers yet and wearing the first thing that came to hand. We had just literally raced out the door on Saturday morning to get Claudia to the airport on time. Everything about the venture was impulsive.
We arrived in the highly sophisticated and glossy Mercedes Benz Showroom - looking like hillbillies - yet they treated us like royalty. Daniel our salesman was a charming Chinese guy, sleek as the cars he was selling - a Libra - what else could you expect with such charisma! D was put together as beautifully as the cars - clad in black designer gear with bright orange tie and hair all gelled, a gentle whiff of RL cologne followed him around - he was the bees knees! We did the business with Daniel and he made us a delicious cup of coffee served in Starbucks european white porcelain cups - Delish!! smooth as velvet.
After coffee, D brings us in to visit with 'Lexia', their ultra sophisticated finance lady - WOW! that's all I can say. If you ever watch the housewives of Orange County - Lexia would fit in. Gorgeous, blonde shoulder length hair, slim, tanned, almond shaped hazel eyes, french manicured nails, designer clothing, designer leather bag on the shelf behind her, banana lunch sitting beside it and a bottle of hand sanitizer completed the picture of perfection. On Lexia's desk there was a little miniature Mercedes Benz business card holder. We discussed at length what we could do with our crock of a car (not the mercedes - the Mazda!) would we like to donate it to charity? or what about having it towed by the city? - you must be joking!! Come down to earth Lexia - it's not THAT bad!! In the end we did a deal. I had thought of donating it to Kiwanis House, the charity for single mothers but then again they would need to do a lot of repairs and if anything happened to them driving it, I would feel really guilty!! the brakes were getting old like myself - slow to get motivated some mornings...
Lexia offered us more of their designer coffee while we hummed over figures and boring stuff like that - Just get the job done Lex...We did and in the end after all the finance stuff was worked out Lexia invites D back into the room and together they shook our hands and said "Welcome to the Mercedes Benz family Kevin and Patricia". On the way home Kevin jokes, "now that they are part of the family, should we invite Daniel and Lexia for supper!!".
You must admit - LIFE IS FUNNY!!!
Better go and get the old Mazda cleaned out and have a farewell supper tonight. We meet with Lex and D tonight for the handover...
I send you all out loads and loads of hugs and kisses from Victoria...
God Bless and be good to yourselves...
Cheers,
Patricia xxx
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