Baby, You Can Drive My Car

So, I'm not learning how to do that, but I am learning how to drive (equally impressive, amiright?). I'm kind of thinking that driving might be a little easier than winter biking come December. I'm definitely not one of those people who winter bikes because it's "fun" or "exciting". I'm winter bike because I "have no other option". And although you can get a lot of street cred in some circles from biking home in a sleet storm (yes, I have), you also get a lot of sleet in your face.

Hopefully, having a driver's license at some point in the near future will prevent future sleet-in-face problems. My dad has mostly taken charge of driving instruction, as he did with my older sister, but my mom has also, somewhat reluctantly, stepped up to the plate. The car I'm learning on is an old Ford Escort, which starts immediately only sometimes, and frequently refuses to go in reverse altogether. But it goes forward just fine, and that's my number one priority at this point.

Quick hits:
-POS show on Saturday! To buy tickets from TicketMaster, and endure nine million percent service markups on ticket price, ooor to make the long haul to First Ave and buy tickets for their low, low $9 price, but endure an hour-long bus ride both ways?

-Cross Country St. Paul Conference meet was this Tuesday. Conference is a meet that pits all of the Saint Paul public high schools against each other, and it's exciting and fun. Central swept JV and Varsity team championship titles for both genders, and each individual winner was from Central. I won the girls' Varsity race, which was a sweet way to start wrapping up three years of Central CC.