Today is my 17th birthday! My brother-in-law, Carlos, surprised me with a new car! Well not really a new car but definitely new to me.
I wasn’t sure how I could afford one & then he just shows up with this car! The excitement fills me! I don’t know what to do except jump into the car & take my first ride.
It is a 1972 Kermit-the-frog green Chevy Chevelle. It has a blue driver side door and the bench seat in the front is tomato red. I don’t care about the colors, it is mine & I love it.
“open up the hood!” Carlos shouts out to me as I park the car. I slide out & open up the hood. It is a clean straight six with a black standard air filter housing. That’s the first thing I am going to change. A nice chrome cover with the exposed air filter.
“You know that if you change those basic rims with some nice chrome ones, the car will look sharp.”
“Oh that is a good idea! I will do that after I get my next paycheck”
– I love this car!
It is all mine and I love it! The car my new wheels and my symbol of freedom. In the morning mom wakes me up “Come on Pablo, wake up so that we can go to the cleaners…”
“Mom, today I am going to sleep in late.” I tell my mom with a great sense of confidence.
“I will be there in the afternoon.”.
As soon as she left, I jumped out of bed & went out to clean the car. I spent the whole morning washing it and polishing it – like if it was brand new!
I drove to work calmly & leisurely. All I want to do is spend time with my car.