Pretty good week for the sports editor

Last weekend was busy for me, but it was definitely one of the best I’ve had in the last months.

I am proud to say that I am back to operating a manual transmission vehicle. The other day my wife Susan and I purchased a new to us vehicle. It kind of came out of nowhere.

As I was driving my beautiful wife to work, she pointed out a vehicle that has been on sale for a while.

I wasn’t looking for a vehicle but as soon as she mentioned it was a 6-speed my ears perked up.

I also like that the vehicle potentially had working air conditioning because it is the hottest time of the year and I can’t put PJ in a hot car.

The fact that this vehicle was about ten years newer than the one that I had was also a bonus.

I cringed at having to enter a new financing period with the bank but I test-drove the car and fell in love with it.

I don’t know if it was because of the Fast and Furious movie franchise, but when I first started driving one of the most important things to me was to learn how to drive a manual transmission. They didn’t teach that in our driver’s education courses but I wanted to learn.

My buddy Mo let me learn in his Toyota back in high school and then I saved my money to buy a 5-speed 95 Plymouth Neon.

Though the car didn’t fit my personality or stature, I loved that car. It was my second car after I bought an automatic 88 Honda Civic for $300. The Civic was a lawn mower and driving it was like driving a golf cart.

I have to say though it has put us in a little more in debt, an upgrade to our family’s second vehicle has been a blessing and I’m thankful that my wife brought it up.

Another great thing about the weekend was that we tried out the Waterpik flosser. It is like a car wash for your gums. For $35, I highly endorse it.