Last spring I posted that I would be happy to go anywhere to test-drive a car. Someone must have been paying attention. Just a few months later, on the day before BlogHer, I was not only behind the wheel of several new cars, I was also sporting a fluorescent yellow vest, as well as eye and ear protection, to tour a Ford assembly plant outside Chicago. CityMama wrote the definitive post on it if you'd like to hear all about what we did and what we saw.
While there, I got to try out the next best thing to a talking car. I know Kitt was kind of bossy and all, but how come cars don't really talk (only GPS devices do)? It's all bells and chimes and beeps. You can hear some in this video, which shows me (once I master "putting the car in gear") parallel-parking without using my hands. I KNOW.
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While the magic talking/beeping cars (and the Multi-Contour Seats with Active Motion, ahhhhhh) were nice, the real reason I wanted to go to the Ford event was to see old bloggy friends (like my Full Mommy co-conspirator Leighann) and to meet new ones. And one of the new people I met was the unforgettable, inimitable Anissa Mayhew. I'm sending as many good thoughts and prayers her way as I can today, and every day until she's fully recovered and back to kicking butt and aiming low.
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To enable her to attend the event, Mayberry Mom received a one-night stay in a hotel room and an incredibly long bus ride in Chicago traffic. Also a zip drive which she gave away because she has 100 of them already.
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