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Magnetism

When we got here on Saturday, we got a rental car at the airport and made me the designated driver. We had our choice of vehicles and picked the Pontiac Torrent. Pretty nice. However, it seems to have a magnetic bumper. Sunday evening, we headed from one relatives house to another, in two cars. I was the first to back down the driveway. As I was waiting for some street traffic to pass, I looked in front of my car, to see my uncle back up. Into me! It was gentle and no harm was done. The ironic thing was that, at the time, he'd been lecturing my cousin (his daughter) about her car. Then, Monday evening, we headed to yet another relative's house. Again in two cars, though this time my uncle was behind me. We're sitting at an intersection, waiting for the light to change. The light changes, we wait for the car in front of us to move. When it does, it's into me! This was a little more jarring, as she'd put her foot on the gas, expecting to go forward. I'm kind of afraid to go anywhere this evening.

My child apparently has a certain magnetism as well. Last night, I came out of our room to find the dog in the hall and some bits of paper on the floor. I thought he'd gotten into some tissues. But then I noticed that he had one of MrMan's dirty diapers in his mouth. I came downstairs to find another in the living room, and a third in the den. I was a bit perplexed, since I knew a poopy diaper, in an additional plastic bag had been at the top of the garbage can. I found it near the dog's bed, thankfully intact.