Do you know that song from 'A Chorus Line?' It is one of my favorites. Yesterday, I set out en route to my mother's hometown a couple of hours away to take her to the hairdresser's and to the spine doctor. On the interstate, surrounded by giant trucks, my car's oil pressure went kerflooey. Result: car towed to dealership, mother's missed appointments. I'm home again today, thanks to a loaner car. My car will have to be retrieved next week and appointments rescheduled. It is just one of those things.
I don't use my little Moleskine sketchbook that much, but it came in handy here. Don't care one whit that this is not a great sketch--it is part of the story and I'm counting it as part of the February Food Project!
A belated thank you to the last commenters. A, this is the first thing to go wrong in three years, so I'm happy with the car. Sorry yours has been bratty. Cars are weird.
Posted by: Laura | February 19, 2006 at 09:26 PM
Your mother is beautiful. Must be where you get it from. :o) What a lousy day you had. Sounds like you have a great way of looking at it though. Glad you got some sketches done ...it wasn't a total waste of a day! :o)
Posted by: Terri | February 19, 2006 at 08:26 PM
I am sooo done with the Audi. Ours is spoilt little brat. Gimme a good old Toyota next time.
Mom is gorgeous! I see the resemblance.
Posted by: Amanda | February 19, 2006 at 01:24 PM
Gorgeous mom! Nutritious lunch there honey.
Posted by: lydia | February 18, 2006 at 01:37 PM
that strange, faint rumble you hear in the background is my groaning in sympathy for your car mishap....aaarrrggghhh!...
on the other hand
your mother is beautiful!!
Posted by: zephyr | February 18, 2006 at 08:04 AM
Laura, about the pianos: it's that wonderful sort of resigned gaze upward that I mean. :)
Posted by: Tania | February 17, 2006 at 11:16 PM