the official car of soccer moms everywhere

driving down the highway in the white volvo station wagon we bought the month after we found out we were expecting hans, i feel like the old stereotype of the crazy woman walking an empty carriage down the street and asking passersby to see her baby. i suspect some of my co-workers that arrive or leave work at roughly the same time that i do look the other way from the site of me in the carseat-less family wagon. and who can blame them - it's just pitiful.

look, i still like my car, which is vastly superior to the old volvo on which the bumpers were just barely still attached. i still expect to re-install the carseat at some point, hopefully sooner rather than later. it's also ideal for hauling the tons of mulch and plants that i've been dragging home every weekend.

but even when it's full, it's empty.