so summer happened...

yes, i'm still here. yes, i survived summer with 3 kids at home...alone. things i didn't do...anything that required alone time. it was a fun summer but i am glad to be getting back on a schedule. so hopefully that means i'll be blogging a bit more than say, none. i'm still trying to figure out what i want to do here. this has been kind of my outlet from mommydom and i like that. so i may post some about happenings in our house but mostly, i'm not sure our life is exciting enough to merit reading. not that my random thoughts merit reading but sometimes i just need to get them out! so let me tell you about my recent conversion....

let me be clear here. i despise minivans. i'm not sure if it is one word or two and i don't care b/c i hate them. they are the ultimate mom mobile. and not that i mind a mom mobile per say, but i do mind looking like a complete geek while driving around. if i'm going to have to endure my kids treating my car like a trash can with their empty juice boxes, stray goldfish, mushed up raisins in the carpet, and lord help us if we don't bring a toy every time we get in the car, then i think i deserve to drive a car that is respectable looking on the outside. no, rephrase, i NEED a car that looks good on the outside. i can't let the world know that i'm really just a frazzled mom of three that typically has all cup holders filled with half empty cups on any given day. but then....

i had to have some work done on my car which left me with a rental for 9 days. when i got to the rental company there waiting for me in all its heinous glory was a white minivan. oh sweet lord. are you kidding me? not only do i have to drive this dustbuster, it has to be as white as the sun? that shouldn't draw attention at all. so i get the keys and i notice there's this button on the keyless entry that has the sliding doors on it, so i press it. magically, as if from a fairytale, the doors open by themselves and my kids get in. no climbing over seats, no arguing about who can get in first. well, i'm still skeptical....for only 24 hrs. after 1 day of driving this gleaming white bullet of a car, i am IN LOVE!!! i want to shout it from the rooftops: "I'M A MINI LOVER!!!!!" not only do i not have to open anyone else's door but my own, i have more room around my seat, i'm not being bounced around like in the suburban and my kids think this car is the greatest! my 6 yr old got in for the first time and said "Mom, i can't believe this car has country music too!" yes it does, son. yes it does. well, obviously he was not aware that our suburban did not have the patent on country music, but it was really funny when he said it. so i will be the first to admit i shouldn't have knocked it until i tried it. i wish i could trade my car in for one but unfortunately the green monster does not bear as much value as the minivan i would want. what, no one wants the melted starburst in the carpet? scratches on the side of the car from when i brushed by a street sign? no takers? these just mean the green monster has "character", friends. so to all my minivan driving friends, i apologize for judging you based on appearance alone. i now realize how terribly wrong i was....i mean, i still think they're geeky-looking, but once you get inside it no longer matters b/c you are no longer physically exhausted from getting kids in and out of the car. and this is worth all the geekiness in the world to me.