This picture is of a foam-rubber blue VW Bug. I believe I got it from a convention somewhere, from an insurance company or something. I always kept this blue bug on my desk as a reminder of some of the hardest times and some of the best times of my life. I was married for a short time during my Naval career, and when I moved back to my hometown, it was me and the Daughter. During most of the time she was growing up, I was working, working, working. I worked in a law office for a few years, in the insurance industry for a while, as an accountant for a while. I went back to school at night, then went back to school full-time and lived on student loans. During all of this craziness, I was driving a blue VW Bug. We referred to her lovingly as Blue Bell. She cost $400, which I could afford. She got good gas mileage. She was cheap to fix when she broke down, which was not very often. So, when I eventually went to work where all of my unrelated career paths merged into a dream job, good hours, good pay, and a great organization, the blue bug on my desk was a reminder of what I had come through. It was indeed the hardest part of my life, but I always remember those as some of the best and most rewarding times. And all because I could type.
Its the lack of a beach towel where the radio is in my car is a great reminder for me.
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I guess I should explain what Ms. Pretty and Smart, otherwise known as The Daughter, is talking about.
ReplyDeleteBlue Bell didn't have a radio and there was a hole in the dash board where it had once been. The trunk was in the front of the car and the wind would come straight through the trunk and the hole in the dash board. That was fine in the summer (no air conditioner) but in the winter, it was pretty cold. So, I stuffed a beach towel in the hole in the dash board to keep out the cold. Looked funny, but it worked.
There are a million stories about Blue Bell, and you'll probably read many more.
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I was just telling Andrew about this car yesterday. We walked by one at a Memorial Day festival we went to and all the memories came rushing back...the climbing into the back seat, the missing radio, I do remember the towel! and the engine in the back...ahh such great memories. :)
ReplyDeleteAhh, the memories! I finally figured out why the floor on the passenger side kept getting so wet when it rained, and why I could only find one of the pair of dress pumps I put in the back seat. There was a hole in the floorboard in front of the back seat! I covered it up with a board so nothing else could fall out (like you and HAM)but the rain would still come in when I drove through a puddle!
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