I never realized how exciting choosing rims for a particular car or truck could be until I agreed to go with my boyfriend to buy new custom car wheels with 20 rims. I didn’t realize or even think about how many different options there were while we sat at Olive Garden and had lunch.

He of course talked about the Boss wheels he was thinking about, which I remember because I had lied to my own boss about why I wasn’t going into work that day. I also remember the Racing Hart rims he was in love with just because I liked that name, and also I wanted him to be in love with my own racing heart. Silly maybe, but I would rather have been talking about the violin recital I had coming up so I had to get creative during this wheel and rim discussion.

Once we got to the store where we could by the car tires I thought it would be as simple as walking into a strings store to pick up some new rosin. A soon as we walked in I saw the glazed look come over John’s eyes and I looked around at all the tires and wheels that were hanging and stacked everywhere. I quickly realized this was more like picking out a new bow and knew we would be there for some time, which made me wish that I had at least brought my sheet music to look over. I do have to admit that while Bach’s Chaconne was playing in my head and I was mentally going over the double stops I was really pretty captivated by the detailed styles and various designs of some of these wheels.

Also, at the risk of sounding too girlie, okay I probably did that back when I mentioned the Racing Hart rims, I was really impressed with the different colors that were available and thought many of the designs were kind of fancy and elegant looking. It seemed like in no time at all John was telling me it was time to leave and I was still looking around. I’m starting to think that maybe after my recital I’ll treat myself to some knew tires and wheels.