Car Shop Conversations

It may sound strange but I really enjoy going to change the oil in the cars. They have a small waiting area and it allows me to sit with Aidan and Kellen and chat without the distractions they have all around them at home. If we’re home there are toys are cartoons to grab their attention and plenty of space to run off to. At the local Goodyear shop there’s a small couch, two folding chairs and infinite conversation possibilities.

We discussed blimps and how they differ from hot air balloons including what makes them go up and how they come down. Aidan observed two of the workers coming to grab drinks from the soda machine and then explained to me in great detail just how I could get a bottle of my own to come down the shoot. Upon seeing the blinking blue lights on the coffee machine Kellen insisted that we could play video games on it and wanted to hear his favorite song from Wii Music.

As was the case last time, there was another patron waiting for their vehicle trying to appear as if they we not listening in on our conversation. I just hope she wasn’t embarrassed when Aidan debated which restroom was for men and which was for women. He has no problems deciphering which is which but the doors were open and the identifying placards were not visible from where we sat. We chatted about motorcycles, helped Kellen showcase his ABCs and discussed the issues of the week like our school visit from the day before and who was coming to visit next.

Finally it was time to say goodbye to the car shop dog and head for home. It was more meaningful than our other errands and just as exciting as watching Aidan recoil from the glass as I turned the car wash hose on his window earlier in the day.