VAN ALERT!! VAN ALERT!!

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That's right, people. At long last a new Mermaid Mobile is born. AaaaaahAAAAAAh (that's my imitation of angels singing).


After maybe 2 years of whining and hoping and hunting and discussing, yesterday we brought home my baby. A shiny 1999 Chevy Express cargo van.

This is by far the newest vehicle I have ever owned. It has running lights and air bags! Never mind that, CUP HOLDERS and air conditioning! I'm fairly bursting into the nineties here. And see my birthday-ipod radio adapter? Oh, I'll be traveling awesomely this summer alright. You bet.


I might hyperventilate. I don't think I could be more excited.

It really has been like bringing home a baby. OK maybe a new pet. All kinds of new toys and we just want to play with it obsessively. I already have new tires, oil change, a paint touchup pen, washer fluid. We're discussing how to outfit the back for shows... liners, storage. Whew. Barney keeps poking at stuff. I can't wait to clean it. And I'm thinking about painting the mermaid logo on the side really huge. Hee hee.


I have been saving up a pile of bumper stickers in anticipation of this day... I think I took a picture, let's see...


Yeah, just one has made it so far. Yippee!! Mermaid Vans Rule!!

Comments

  1. NellBotApril 01, 2008 12:24 PM

    Wow!! I am so happy for you! You'll be travilin in style now!

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  2. *TheMermaid*April 01, 2008 2:22 PM

    Thanks nell! I know... I'll be just as shiny as everyone else now. And I can stop whining about how badly I need a new van finally. ha.

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  3. Fred MangelsApril 03, 2008 7:10 AM

    Ooops! I just thought of something:

    There's no way you can afford to drive a big van like that with the price of gas what it is nowadays. Better take it back.

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  4. *TheMermaid*April 03, 2008 8:50 AM

    Oooooh no. I know it will get better mileage than the stalker van... time to raise my prices like everyone else.

    I did some calculating last night... 400 miles will cost around $125. I usually budget $100 for gas so whatever.

    Of course, since Iraq (and soon Iran) are US owned... prices should be dropping any day now. Cough.

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