Dear Greenpeace, I'm sorry...

Started the summah off in a car accident. Some dude turned left in front of me in an intersection downtown Vancouver and I smashed right into him with Lily in tow. Only one person (a pedestrian) stopped to ask if I was ok. One. No witnesses until a kind woman trudged down from the 9th floor of a building behind me to tell me she saw everything. The guy who hit me repeated over and over that I ran a red light and was speeding. Yeah - because ripping through red lights with my 5 month baby in the back is wicked fun! He quietened down as soon as I pulled Lily crying from the back seat of the car...

We're all ok, a little sore though. Lucky Lily has endured countless boring hours in doctors, chiros and physio appointments and I'm sure has gained a few friendly summah pounds from those extra bottles given to her to keep her occupied during appointments. Murl Mazda was written off and after a few glasses of wine that evening we decided to bite the bullet and buy a sweet ass ride - a Mazda 6 Sport Wagon. (Note weakness for Mazda's) We had exactly 4 days to find a new car when our ICBC rental coverage ran out. And when we found Him, freshly immigrated into Canada from a Washington Lease return, my heart literally skipped a beat. Love at first sight. And now me, who has a three shelf recycling system in the pantry, who saves friend's takeout bags so I can recycle them at home, who wears biodegradable underwear, is driving a gas guzzling, V6, soccer mom FIREROCKET!! And I'm so sorry to say this, Greenpeace - I don't mind.

I have yet to name this metal god. Toying with Nicky (of Nicky 6), Kiki (in song United States of Whatever - a song which was apparently popular a few summers ago but I was somewhere deep in some site in Wyoming/Colorado/Tahiti and which I 'discovered' on the radio coming back from Castlegar the August long weekend and thought was the funniest song EVER even though to everyone else it's SO 2003). Whatever.

I WILL find one. I have the official job of 'Car Namer' in my extended family. Case in point: Patty Pathfinder, Kate Camry, Stinky Pete or Chili Car (after a tragic chili episode), and Petey Pup. What can I say - it's a gift.

Cascade Mountains with No Name Car

L