Our New Van!

We have a new van! Okay, it's not new new, it's a 2001 Honda Odyssey, but it looks new. It's a gorgeous gold color (the brochure says "tan" but it looks gold), and it has a CD player!!

As we drove it around town enjoying the newness, I was reminded of the excited, new feeling you have when there's a new baby in the house. Except that there's no hormone fluctuations, post-partum recovery or exhaustion from sleepness nights. Just pure newness. Although the excitement of a new vehicle wears off a lot quicker . . .

This means we're no longer limited to driving around town (our old van's transmission would no longer go up hills, and any way out of town is uphill). It also means, that, as long as the old van holds up, we're not house-bound when Mr. B is at work.

This photo isn't our van, it's a picture from the internet of a 2001 Odyssey that's the same color as ours.