Driving

I went driving today for the first time, with Mary Ellen (liz, you met her - she's the one from my graduation 'party' who made all the food. I liked it! I was loath to leave the car! But on the other hand, I can't see myself driving on city roads. Mary Ellen's kids learn to drive out in the middle of nowhere, but the place I've been taking driver's ed (BORING, btw - y'all were correct) is across from stadium high school, complete with blind turns, awkward parking spaces and traffic. Within an hour, I became more comfortable with turning and starting and stopping, although straightening the wheel after a turn was the hardest part, but I just wish I could have more time doing easy stuff before I'm let loose on the roads of Tacoma, even in a car with dual brakes and an instructor.

I'm also taking an aerobics class, which is both painful and great. Great workout, but we do these ab exercises which are just AAAH! I have to take breaks, or do every other one, because I obviously haven't used those muscles in a loooong time. On the first day, we had an orientation, and the instructor, who is a middle-aged female health nut, kept talking about kegel exercises, and how we should do them as we sat and listened to her, and in random situations, and how it would improve our health and sex life. Yeah that was awkward, but funny. (The whole class is girls). She also said her daughter was the assistant to the director of social events at the Waldorf hotel in New York, and she helped plan a $10 million wedding for the daughter of a Russian oil billionaire. Apparently, the guy fell out with the Russian aristocracy (plutocracy?), and had to pull out of the planned Russian palace wedding. He called the Waldorf and they had 3 months to arrange this crazy expensive event. I mean, that just blows the whole scale as far as weddings are concerned. (She got to attend, thoguh, which is pretty cool).

And I'll be getting a call from tully's early next week. Not too excited either way, but oh well.

Tully's interview today

Went better than starbucks; she says her assistant will contact me for a "second" interview. I don't know what the time frame is - really should have asked.