FO's, the Varsity and Police Cars

The title sounds a lot more exciting than the reality! :)

Last Wednesday I spent the day with the brother of my 1st love. He and I have always been good good friends going way back 30 years or so. We used to go off and do things without his brother, even when his brother and I were together.

I'd forgotten how much fun we had together. But we had a blast! FO's are a frozen adult beverage the brother and his friends have concocted. They're frozen orange drink plus tequila. We were gonna drink a few, but ran out of time. Oh well, another day. Maybe when the brother is in town.

So we had to take care of a little financial matter for me before 4pm. We did that. Then we went over to the Varsity Jr and had dinner. Two nekkid dogs (said the way Lewis Grizzard said Ne-kk-id. Nekkid.), O-rings and a Coke for me. And God only knows what the brother had. Something about steak and chili and hot dogs and onions. All I know is he must have a cast iron stomach, because that meal would have left me debilitated for weeks.

After we ate, we decided to go kick tires at some car dealers. Now THAT was fun! First stop was the Ford dealer near Town Center. Our salesman assumed I was the wife, he was the husband and he had plenty of money to burn on a 50th birthday present for me. HAH!!!!!!!!

I sat in very expensives cars and said...."Oh, I like this one"....or "No, I don't think so", or "How much is that one?", meanwhile the brother was asking the guy to pull the hoods, fetch keys, start 'em up....the whole works. ROFL. At the end of the Ford visit, we walked away with handshakes and a business card. Poor guy.

Then we went to the Kia Dealership....and the brother's dream car was the very first thing we saw there. Spent quite some time on that one. It was a 2005 police cruiser that has been made street legal for a citizen to drive. Right up the Bro's alley, since he is an amateur radio operator and it's all wired and ready for his radio gear and antennae to be mounted. We took it for a cruise---the air blew so cold I had to close the vents. It only had 40,000 miles on it. I could tell the Bro really liked this car. I told him to get it if he really wanted it....you shoulda seen the sales guy's eyes. PERMISSION FROM THE WIFE....A CONTRACT....I WILL EAT. HAH! Nope. We walked away with a handshake and a business card. Again.

Then we went over to the CarMax. THIS IS FUN! I am treated SO much better by car salesmen when I go with a man, than when I go by myself. It kills me. When I have a "husband" with me, they kiss my ass. When I go as a single, independent woman, they treat me like I am mentally impaired and have several learning disorders to go with it.

WTH? When I look at cars with a man, I have the checkbook, all the money and power? When I look at cars my myself, I'm retarded? HULLOOOOOOOO????????

At any rate, while we were at CarMax we couldn't find anything we were really interested in and they were trying to give us the bums rush anyway, because it was nearly 9pm and they didn't want to stay til 10 to write a contract that couldn't go through until the next day anyway. So....we left, and then a huge storm blew through. Went to the convenience store, loaded up on junk food and sodas, then Bro dropped me at home.

It was an awesome day and I was grateful for the chance to get out of my apartment and do something fun with an old and very dear friend of mine! The Old (as in former) Love arrives on July 9th. I'm planning to go with Bro to the airport. We'll see what happens from there.

I have no illusions we'll pick up where we left off 25 or so years ago, not that I am opposed, because I'm not. I just don't have any pre-conceived ideas about him or his visit. To be honest, I never thought I'd see him again because he lives so far away, so I am excited about this chance to spend a little time with him. If nothing else, we can put old hurts to bed and perhaps strike a friendship that will see us well into old age.

Or perhaps, we'll find out where there's smoke, there's fire? It's happened to others...why not us? We've both grown up, we're parents, we're adults and though we're older, there's no reason we can't have a bit of romance in our lives. Afterall, we're both just a little bit older, we're not dead. Just apparently "Two Quarts Low". . .

I wonder what Lewis Grizzard would have to say about this situation?

Jeny