is anyone out there???

When they sold us the car they forgot to show us the secret handshake...

For some reason we had a hard time finding a Honda Fit. When Sarah started driving and it was time to buy a third car, the Fit seemed like the perfect choice. To our dismay, it took us several months to locate one and we finally ended up driving to Parkersburg (1 1/2 hours away) to buy it. In the Bridgeport/Clarksburg area we have seen only 2 other Fits driving around---another silver "twin" and an orange one. For this reason, and perhaps because we're strange like this, we always get very excited when we see another Fit driving down the street. It feels like we should have some special "honk the horn/flash the lights/turn on the windshield wipers" thing every time we pass another Fit. But then I feel silly, "it's probably just us," I think.

Sarah usually drives the Fit, but the other day Brian and I drove it over to the Post Office. Walking into the parking lot we stopped when we noticed THE OTHER SILVER FIT, also at the post office. It felt oddly like a family reunion and we had to force ourselves to stop staring and return to our own car. And then THE OTHER SILVER FIT OWNER came out and stood by his car. We felt foolish and looked away. We knew it was just us, but peeked over at him again anyway. He started waving---he pointed at our car---back again at his car---waved again and put his thumb up. All with a big grin on his face.

Driving home, Brian and I were laughing, relieved that it wasn't one of those one-sided relationships...and then it hit us. We had just missed a perfect opportunity to create some kind of Fit Wave or Fit Secret Handshake...Next time, we'll be prepared.