Between the Antlers and the Cats
As the person who purposely has Christmas trees in pretty much every corner of the house, I have no room to judge, buy WHAT THE HECK, WORLD? WHY MUST YOU DECORATE YOUR CARS?
Call me crazy (because you would be right!) but I think it sounds fun to put reindeer ears and a nose on my cat, but I don't feel the need to do the same to my SUV. It just doesn't sound like my idea of fun. AT ALL.
And so, I rolled my eyes when I saw a BMW SUV driving around fully decked out as a reindeer. I rolled my eyes so hard I accidentally turned on my turn signal. Left turn at the intersection of the reindeer SUV and sanity, please!
But I didn't actually turn. In fact, I ended up following the festive SUV for a few miles. That meant I had plenty of time to notice other signs of ... uniqueness. The thing that stood out the most was the stick figure family in the back window.
Grown woman.
Grown man.
Cat.
Cat.
Cat.
I am a crazy cat lady. That means I have full license to identify another of my kind. It was most definitely a crazy cat lady driving the reindeer SUV.
My first thought was WOAH! THE CRAZY HAS LANDED! ALL IN ONE PLACE! but then I thought about the story that wasn't told with between the antlers and the stick figures.
Why does the woman who was driving the BMW not have kids? By choice? By chance? It's none of my business, but still. Maybe she decided her family would be her husband and three cats, but maybe fate decided it for her. Maybe it's temporary, but maybe it's forever.
What's certain is that she loves her cats. You don't buy a sticker representing each of them and plop it on your expensive car unless you really love your cats.
I still don't understand the bright red nose and antlers, but sometimes all it takes is a few miles to figure out that you can't know someone's story just by looking at the outside of their car.
Monday, December 2, 2013
Reader Comments (2)
Sometimes you're smart.
You don't know anything about me by looking at my 13.1 sticker. You THINK you do, but you have no idea. (SAID LIKE I'M ON MTV.)
I have thought of putting stick figure dogs on my car. I haven't. I don't have children because fate said I wouldn't. That is why I am so stinking happy for you. A complete stranger. When my female co-workers tell me that they are preegnant, I squeal with delight. There was a time when this wasn't my reaction. So for what ever reason, God decided that I would not have children and I am ok with it. I have perpetual 2 year olds who have 4 legs and a tail. Yeah, I'm a crazy dog lady.