Music Van!

My wife and I bought our first car together this past Monday. we got a new (pretty much...it's a 2010 with 11,000 miles on it) dodge GRAND Caravan. My mom had a caravan back when I was a kid. It was yellowish...with that fake wood paneling on the side...needless to say...ours is much less ugly.

It's silver and it's fancy. It has automatic sliding doors on both sides, an automatic trunk hatch (all which can be opened or closed from the clicker), a key that isn't really a key, the sliding door windows roll down, the little wing windows open with a button, and all the back seats fold flat into the floor. I didn't figure out the cruise control when we were driving home...but I will...oh yes.

I feel like I'm a weird person because driving a minivan doesn't make me feel like a loser. I actually feel like I'm incredibly cool. I guess I like my life that way. I think having a wife that is the best person ever who can teach 7 classes, and deal with an 11 month old who gets into everything and won't let her work in the daylight hours and some of the night time ones, and who is so wonderful at helping me to deal with my piddly little problems and stresses, all while growing another little one.

Yeah. She rocks.

I think it's cool to have a baby who is awesome when I'm still in college. One that is so stinkin' smart that it amazes me.

I think it's cool to be a father and husband that teaches music to kids.

Would I think it was cool if we were in a '86 caravan that was yellow-ish and had hideous "wood" paneling? Maybe not.

It'll be a music an someday...you know...moving instruments and amps and all that stuff...

For now though...I like the van. In a BIG part because of what it represents to me.

I also like all the buttons :)