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Friday, March 17, 2006

Experts Predict Parallel Parking Shenanigans in New Orleans This Week

Summ and I picked up the 15-passenger van tonight. You should see the size of the thing. When we got the keys, we threw some giant eyes at each other, gulped in unison, and clambered aboard as graciously as possible. We quickly discovered that it wasn't so bad after all, and not even scary to drive. It's kind of like sitting on your living room couch while driving your house.

Those of you who know me well are aware that I enjoy few things more than a challenging parallel park. So you can imagine my delight at the prospect of driving that van into New Orleans and parallel parking in the French Quarter. It will be like the parallel parking Olympics. Perhaps I'll drop everyone off and just drive around looking for tricky parking spots? This is going to be the best trip ever.

We're meeting at the school at 7:45 a.m. and should be on the road by 8. It's a 20-23 hour drive straight through, and we expect to arrive in Gulfport Sunday morning.