Anteater
06-28-04, 10:10 PM
I have a collection of pins that I keep in a box; most of them have to do with racing, but there are also a couple of angel pins and a space shuttle pin that my husband picked up on a trip to Huntsville AL. I usually wear one of the angel pins any time I have to travel more than 10 miles. Call me superstitious, but I just feel a little bit better when my "guardian angel" rides with me.
This morning I had to drive my mother home from a medical procedure twenty-odd miles away; I was running a little behind schedule, so I hastily stuck my hand into the box of pins, grabbed what I thought was an angel, pinned it to my blouse, and ran out the door. It didn't matter--I arrived at the doctor's office in time to meet Mom in the recovery room. She looked at my blouse and asked, "What is that pin you're wearing?", and I answered, "It's my guardian-angel pin-you know I like to wear it when I travel more than 10 miles." Then Mom said "But it looks like it has wheels" I looked down, and sure enough, I had worn my racecar pin instead of the angel. So I pointed out that it had wings, so it must be some sort of angel. :D
I bought that pin on the way home from Laguna Seca a couple of years ago, when my husband and I stopped at the Arciero Winery. They have a very nice little museum of racing memorabilia, including Jeff Krosnoff's MCI car. The pin represents some kind of generic open-wheel racecar-not quite a Champ Car, maybe a little like an older F1 car, but definitely not an Earl crate.
Anyway, I made it home safely.
This morning I had to drive my mother home from a medical procedure twenty-odd miles away; I was running a little behind schedule, so I hastily stuck my hand into the box of pins, grabbed what I thought was an angel, pinned it to my blouse, and ran out the door. It didn't matter--I arrived at the doctor's office in time to meet Mom in the recovery room. She looked at my blouse and asked, "What is that pin you're wearing?", and I answered, "It's my guardian-angel pin-you know I like to wear it when I travel more than 10 miles." Then Mom said "But it looks like it has wheels" I looked down, and sure enough, I had worn my racecar pin instead of the angel. So I pointed out that it had wings, so it must be some sort of angel. :D
I bought that pin on the way home from Laguna Seca a couple of years ago, when my husband and I stopped at the Arciero Winery. They have a very nice little museum of racing memorabilia, including Jeff Krosnoff's MCI car. The pin represents some kind of generic open-wheel racecar-not quite a Champ Car, maybe a little like an older F1 car, but definitely not an Earl crate.
Anyway, I made it home safely.