A most interesting phone call today....

So, I'm just home from work and the phone rings here at the house. Dad answers it and he looks questioningly for a moment at me and then says, no - he's not the former owner of the Subaru, but his daughter owned one and hands the phone to me. Now, the pessimist in me is wondering what is wrong with my old car, although I don't think I'd be held liable for anything involving it anymore.... but who knows these days.

I get on the phone and say hello and this very polite gentleman introduces himself as Mark from Indiana and he informs me that he now owns my "sweetiepie", the blue/tan Subaru Outback and if I didn't mind, he'd like to ask me a few questions about it. I'm a bit stunned that he actually was able to track me down to a phone number since the only land line I've been in possession of hasn't been since my apartment in Franklin - ever since I've been on my cell phone. And.... he tracked me down to my parents' home phone too - which he explained is what I am listed under in the whitepages online. I'm just glad it was a nice guy that tracked me down. So, I said I'd answer any question that I could and he asked me a couple things about any problems I've had with the car and I informed him that her engine was replaced at about 82,000 miles and that I was aware when I traded the car in that the cadalidic converter needed to be replaced. He remarked that the car is actually running very well and asked about a couple common parts and whether or not they had been replaced and when - timing belt, etc. Then he asked if I knew where the back seat headrests or the cargo cover was - and sure enough, I said that shortly after I traded it in, I realized I still had the cargo cover in my bedroom at home and I wasn't sure where the headrests were. He offered to buy the items from me and pay for the shipping of the pieces if I would oblige and send them in the mail. He left me his mailing address and phone numbers and I'm going to check around for the headrests, but I'll look into how to get the cargo cover shipped.

Weird - it was like my car missed me and wanted to call home. Even weirder - it made me misty eyed when I got off the phone. Stupid that I even miss my old car - especially when it seemed to be on the verge of constant breakdown in the last couple weeks and I really am getting used to the new one.

I give you all permission - go out and hug that inanimate object you really love and depend on - a car, a tractor, a desk, etc.

Two planets out tonight and a beautiful moon too!

Goodnight all,
Erin