A Wing and A Prayer

Or in this case, a Miata and a Prayer. We’ll be driving this:



to Florida shortly. Yep, 3 or more days in this little thing. I was coining the phrase "Death Rocket" to coworkers until one made several appeals that I refer to it as something else…maybe I should. Okay, it’s "The Mazda".

I admit, I have some trepidation. This is a little car. An 18 wheeler could run over the top of us and he wouldn’t know the difference. We may not either. We could run into – no pun intended – the same fate as my nephew, the owner, when he ran into a horse that was hit on the road late at night in the complete dark on an Indian reservation. Okay, so we’re not driving across any reservations that I am aware of, but we’ll be going through places like southern Kentucky and Tennessee and Georgia where, according to Hollywood, the word cousins take on a whole different meaning.

I love road trips, but I haven’t experienced one strapped into a cocoon with only enough room for my water bottle and couple carrot sticks. The trunk won’t even close on an upright inflated bag of chips. Believe me, I’ve already tried. In this car, the Laptop will mean literally that, on my lap for the entire time it is not in the trunk. I even thought it might be handy to lose some number of pounds, but rationalized myself out of it when I figured we’d need the weight to give gravity a hand on the highway.

So, I ask all of my devoted and consistent readers to lend a few prayers for safety and no hitches for this trip. We’ll be thankful and send a postcard.

Comments

[Stephanie]

D - I love your sense of humor. It's just what I need today. I am having a good giggle over the trunk failing to close on an over-inflated bag of chips, and the mental picture of you, scrunched into the seat with the laptop on your lap and a couple of carrot sticks wedged in beside the seat! :) I like "Death Rocket," by the way. I think you should absolutely keep the phrase. And you should stop in Middle Tennessee and visit the folks they show on "Feed the Children." The ones with no running water, electricity and plumbing? Yeah, they used to live right in my backyard...

[optionalg]

miatas suck... here is how i got there...
any car that i can't fit in to drive cause i can't get my leg under the steering wheel sucks... and i can't on a miata... hence... miatas suck