Fixing a vehicle is a guy thing. I know I have just flared up the fur of many females, but let’s think about this for a minute. Yes, there are females that fix cars, work in the computer industry, and perform underwater welding, but they are few and far between. The Sally Ride foundation is making an attempt to teach young girls to change the mindset of young girls to encourage math and science. For this, I applaud her.

But honestly, you will find more men with grease on their hands under the hoods of vehicles than women.

So I worked on my truck last weekend. I am NOT a grease monkey so messing with the motor was only for looks. I moved a wire, touched a hose and stroked the battery to look ever so impressive and manly man to the women walking about. Since that didn’t work, I impressed my wife. I had been planning since I received the truck to touch up the paint on it. Since the vehicle was a prior military pickup, I knew the paint color for the body was Krylon white. I trucked down to the Ace Hardware and grabbed a couple cans and also two cans of black.

The black was for the grill and trim of the vehicle. The gray colored trim was beginning to wear off of the yellow plastic and yellow started showing. On top of that, the bumper looked like it had been pushing boulders around the base with all of the scratches.

I began dismantling the vehicle looking as if I really had a clue as to what I was doing and started painting. I have to admit, the bumper and grill look excellent. I patted myself on the back many times and demanded praise from the Queen and the rest of the Warrior household for how professional it looks with the spray paint.

It is the truck bed that impressed me most though. I sanded out certain paint scratches and broke out the white Krylon paint. After painting the driver’s side quarter panel, I took a short break which was rudely interrupted with pitter patter of rain. The section of the truck I painted was in the garage, but this limited the drying times if I continued forward.

So now, I drive around with a very pretty not quite finished rear quarter panel pick up truck. The rest of the truck is still waiting for sanding and painting. But my grill and front bumper look great!

This brings me to my point (as I almost always have one). The best laid plans of mice and men…hmm…mice have plans? I plan more like a mouse than a man. Or do I plan like a man? I had all the right intentions to finish painting my bathroom that I started last fall, the truck, or llama (another blog entry), but every time I begin moving forward, something interrupts me and I never have a chance to finish it. I have too much to do to finish painting the bathroom. After all, I have to paint a truck. I did finish painting the llama though.

Women need to learn more math and science. That way they can finish the jobs we start.

Did you know…

There is a new television show on UKTV Style (a British cable channel) called “Watching Paint Dry.” Viewers watch in real-time: gloss, semi-gloss, matte, satin, you name it. Viewers then vote out their least favorite.