cimorene

well, we had an interesting moment or two when we believed my car had been stolen. our driveway is L-shaped, curving around the house, with the short leg running along the street. dad pulled the car around there last night without telling anyone. this morning i assumed daddy had taken it to work with him and asked mom. she went outside and came back in and said, 'either he took it or it was stolen!'

--so i drove her van all the way to b&d's and all the way back, actually driving right by the car. when i was there i called dad at work, and he told me where he'd put it. he said, 'or i guess, if it wasn't there... it was stolen.'

'well,' i said doubtfully, 'we were going to have to replace it soon anyway.'

'but it still ran well, and as long as a car runs well it isn't cost-effective to replace it,' he argued.

then i came home and the suspense was ended, because there it was.