Mi carro es listo hoy?

The check I wrote for the car has cleared my bank, so I’m waiting for the all-clear from the car dealership to drive my Fusion home. I am supposed to get a call at noon today “without fail.” The car dealer is cute and I have a bit of a crush. He looks like an Almodóvar film star, shy and cute and doesn’t even know how beautiful he is.

The sunglasses in the photo are different from his horn-rimmed pair, the reason why I think he belongs in Spanish movies.

The other woman in the photo is, “the face of the company.” She, too, looks like an Almodóvar beauty, and the car salesman made me laugh. So, meet the face of Almodóvar Monaco Motors.

I speak poor Spanish. They speak poor English. We struggled along in both languages until one of the finance guys came over and translated for us. The car was on consignment from a private owner. No, he would not come down any and the price was firm.

I thought about asking someone in my media group to translate my text messages for me, but as it turns out I can just speak in my natural English and my car salesman (I didn’t catch his name- facepalm) runs it through Google Translate. The title is my first text to my car salesman after I’d written him a check. It means, “is my car ready today?” It had to have an emissions test, I had to get insurance, and the check has to clear. When all of those things are accomplished, I am off to the races.

Where those races are, I’m not sure. I’m looking forward to adding some adventure into my life. I know I’ll go through New Orleans on the way home, where I’d like to stop and have some excellent food (please leave suggestions in the comments). After that, I’m not sure where I want to go. I’m sure I will lean on Waze to direct me home, but if I’m driving and see that an attraction is close, I am not above adding a stop.

I want to roll down the windows and feel the air through my hair as I am captain of my own destiny, racing towards home.

Well, not racing. I have Adaptive Cruise Control. I will be chasing my destiny from a safe distance from the car in front of me.