It was cleaning day and also, I would discover, the build date or birthday of the Kraken. He turned 23 today! Happy BuildDay old fellow!
Interestingly enough it was also the Feast of St. Chad today. St. Chad lived in the 7th century and was not a flashy man. He was steady. Grounded, one might say. The kind of bishop who walked when he could have ridden. Chad traveled on foot across his diocese preaching, teaching, baptizing. Chad wasn’t trying to look holy. He simply believed shepherds should smell like sheep. While St. Chad might not have approved of owning a van, he might have approved the peregrinations the Kraken will offer me.
So the Kraken and I spent the day getting to know one another while I cleaned and tenderly cared for the beast on his special day. For a 1995 van, he wears his age well.
I also did some measuring for the upcoming buildout. I am, at this point unsure whether it will be a build out or a buy out from Amazon! Time will tell the story.
The first thing on the agenda was tending to his worn out steering wheel.
