Saturday, February 20, 2010

Ol' Blue

So remember this love note that I wrote to Ol Blue a while back?

It's so hard to believe... but she has gone away to another good owner now.

When I bought Fancy Nancy (the car, not the books) back in July I just couldn't bear to part with Ol Blue so there she sat for 8 months while I drove Nancy around. I would wave at her on occasion and say hello. It was only after my 3rd move in 6 months that I started to wonder where I was going to continue to store her. There just was no room. I finally decided that she deserved to be loved and driven on a daily basis, so I cleaned her up and onto KSL she was listed. Many people ooohed and awwwwed over her but it was the father of a 26 year old girl much like myself that finally won her love, and mine. I allowed him to purchase her from me.

I nearly cried when I signed that title over.

Ol' Blue has been with me through thick and thin and she has seen it all. She was there when I was in high school, she met all the boys I dated. She sat there quietly and listened when I pulled off the side of the road and cried a few times over the heartbreak and frustrations of the day. When I was departing on my adventure from Houston to Salt Lake City, she was there...every mile, holding my life possesions in her trunk. She heard my shouts of excitement when I drove past the Rice Eccles stadium with the banner displaying "home of the utes" for the first time. She never left my side when I was lost and frustrated. She was always, always there. The one constant in my life.

I know many of you may think she was just a car....but really for a long time she was all I had. My life was lived in her. That car holds so many memories and so many wonderful things were experienced and realized while I was in her. It is sad to see her go, that's all...

2 comments:

  1. great post! love your writing! i loved your car as well! i remember picking you up when she broke down on 3900 S and 2000 E! :)

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  2. I love that you love your car. I wish I had an attachment to my car. Is that a weird wish? I really wouldn't care if I had to give it up (see it doesn't even have a gender).

    Yet, for some reason, I don't give it it. Even when it was totaled. Even when the handles don't work and the heater takes 5-8 minutes to take effect.

    I am loyal to people and things for no apparent reason. Help me.

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