Everything I have to say today falls into one of two categories: “boorrrrrrinnnggggg” or “I-can’t-blahg-about-it”. Or both. The boooorrrrinnnnggg stuff is mostly just the same old same old stuff. The Sunday stuff. Except I couldn’t go kayaking. And I didn’t really want to make a solo expotition down to hike at Lake Erie or wherever. I settled for driving along the river for a bit. That would’ve been more fun if I hadn’t had a Tailgater. My tailgater today was an old coot a guy about my age in a Mercedes Benz convertible Midlife Crisis. Sorry buddy but this is a Scenic Drive and the speed limit is 35 and it is a narrow two-lane road and there are cyclists everywhere and I am taking my time.

I know all about male midlife crises and automotive vee-hickles. The GG had a midlife crisis before he even reached the wondrous age of 40 and that particular midlife crisis resulted in a beauteous sand-colored Jeep Wrangler. The Indefatigable. I will never forget the day I dropped Mouse off at nursery school in The Indefatigable for the first time. Her teacher was doing curb duty that day and she remarked about the fact that we had a new vee-hickle. Of course I had to say (rather snarkily at that), “It’s *not* a vee-hickle, it’s a midlife crisis.” The only problem with using a midlife crisis as an excuse to buy a new vee-hickle, is that you can only use it once. I think… The Indefatigable, despite being rear-ended on the southbound I75 SUV Speedway (on a Sunday) when it was several months old and subsequently spending weeeeeeks in a body shop, lived more than 17 years and taught uncountable numbers of children to drive — and drive stick — many years before they were legal in most cases. The last couple of years, I tried to get the GG to buy a new jeep but he chose the Mean Green Frog Hoppin’ Musheen instead. It has some similarities to The Indefatigable (all-wheel drive* and a trailer hitch) but it is way beyond the old jeep in terms of creature comforts. I won’t detail those. If I ever get to drive the dern thing for more than a few days, I might figger out how to operate the controls for them. But I like driving my intrepid little Ninja too, so…

Oh. The I-can’t-blahg-about-it category? Nothing major. Only the family stuff that we all have. Trivial stuff for the moment. Knock on wood…

*To be technically correct, The Indefatigable had 4WD drive. The Mean Green Frog Hoppin’ Musheen has AWD drive. I know that somebody will correct me on this if I don’t clarify it.

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