Dance Pick-Up

There have been a few firsts the last day or two that I decided were necessary to record. To begin with, I received my first speeding ticket yesterday... on the ISLAND of all places! That was an unfortunate experience. Soraya and her friend were both in the car at the time. So I guess there goes my perfect record. Goodness, police are rather intimidating. In any case, I did a great deal of driving yesterday--first from Erin's house to my house, then from my house to Megan's house, then from Megan's house to the mall, then from the mall to Matt's house, Matt's house to my house, my house to the Club, the Club to the movie theater, the movie theater to Megan's house, Megan's house to my house, my house to the Club, and the Club to my house. My goodness. I was the family chauffeur yesterday. And I feel I spelled that wrong.

I was also my dad and Angi's designated driver last night, since they were having a business post-New Year's party (rather than the usual company Christmas party). It sounds like it went quite well. They were quite entertained that I was picking them up. This time it was me dropping off and picking up my parents from the dance. How funny things can be sometimes. We ended up getting home a bit after midnight, then I slept in this morning. Then Erin and I went to the mall to pick up Soraya's purse, which she had left at Nordstrom's yesterday, and which had been miraculously turned in to Lost & Found. How amazing is that? I also picked up a new battery charger for my dad's camera, and then Erin and I went to Costco and bought one bag of dried mangoes as a Christmas gift for one of Erin's friends back at L&C. We felt rather out-of-place between all the loaded shopping carts that surrounded us. Then the man in front of us in line gave us a lecture about all the sugar in dried mangoes, which I found very upsetting. He kept telling us we had better read the nutrition facts and wouldn't give it a rest until Erin mentioned that the mangoes were a GIFT to a FRIEND. LectureMan had loaded up on eggs, milk, bananas, and protein shake mix. Yeah.

So nothing too extraordinary today. I start working tomorrow morning! And Kathryn's boyfriend is coming to visit tomorrow--I'm so excited to meet him!! We're going to go up to Seattle on Tuesday to show him around; Erin and I were figuring out how we could show him as much as possible for as little as possible (cost-wise). If you have any suggestions do let us know. I think we might do lunch in the UDistrict. And I simply can't wait for my pizza-making and train cake party on Thursday. Hooray!

That's what I've been up to. I really need to start getting my things together, as I move in next Saturday. But I sort of want to see my room and figure out what I need as I go rather than buying everything all at once. All right, more soon! :-) Ari