Friday, November 12, 2004

Me Avi & Wir

Mood: proud

Last night I drove home from Me Avi & Wir. Er, that is, Me(g)aVi(deo) & Wir(eless). (There is no end of the fun Bella and I have laughing at this sign that has over half of its letters unlit. The joke is that it sounds like another language... not to mention Bella likes the way I say it. That being an unnaturally high, almost nasal tone. Imagine a little Hispanic girl with the beginnings of a cold and ya nailed it!) This involved driving out of a moderately busy parking lot, turning left onto a four-lane street, a lane change, blah, blah, blah. At this rate, I may feel comfortable taking the driving test before Christmas!

Oh, special thanks to a certain purple person for sending encouragement about my driving via some sort of small vole. ;) Rest assured I have no intention of driving on the freeway any time soon. After all, I just now feel comfortable driving 38 miles per hour.

Well, it's payday. Which means it's time to go birthday shopping for Bella. I have a basic idea of what I am going to get her. I may not have time to get it all today, though. As it is, I may have to meet my friend, Joey, on the shopping trip. We'll see how it works out.

I'm rocking out to Emery right now, taking the opportunity to blast it while Gran isn't here.

Well, gotta go. Time for some coffee and breakfast.

Monday, November 08, 2004

Driving Home

Mood: excited

I drove home! Okay, so it was only from the church parking lot--a whopping one block or so--but this was a big step for me. Of course, I practiced in the (empty) parking lot for a while before hitting the street, but I picked it up pretty quickly. We practiced turns--including three-point turns--parking, backing up, driving backwards. It all feels pretty good so far. I'm very happy with this first experience.

To celebrate, I am going to download The Very Best of Elvis Costello.