Valkyre

I'm On Top of the World!!!

At least that's the way I felt for awhile. I needed to borrow my dad's Ford pick-up. We are buying mattresses today, for the girls bed, and felt that this would be the easiest way to move them. So, I drove his pick-up home last night. It's been at least 10 years since I have driven a full size American pick-up. I was actually a little nervous. Not only is it huge, but it is also a manual transmission. I am used to manuals on compacts, but not on something so huge. My mother was kind of nervous as I was pulling away from the house. The truck was rolling backward in front of their house, (they live on a hill), until I could get the feel of the clutch. Finally, it caught and I rolled forward, up the hill and around the corner towards home. After a few attempts at trying to shove it into 5th, instead of 3rd (you start out in 2nd on this beast), I had it down.

So, here I am, driving this skyscraper down the street. And loving it!!!! I could see everything! A full size Chevy Suburban pulled up next to me and I looked down on him!!! Woo hoo! I felt like Tim, the Toolman, Taylor from Home Improvement. I kept yelling, "More power!!!" No more being unable to see ahead of me, because of a larger vehicle in front. I am now in the larger vehicle blocking people's views. No people tailgating me. No one cutting me off. *sigh* I am going to miss driving it when we are done with it and have to take it back. Oh well.... You can see just how tiny my little Escort seems now.

Posted by Valkyre at September 28, 2003 10:40 AM