Victory!

The subject of this post is a bit old, but I don't care. So a week or so ago I was in need of salon services for my hair, namely color and cut. So on Peter's recommendation I booked an appointment at Jon English Hairspa in Uptown. I was a bit nervous about driving myself there, as I'd never driven in that area before. I got there without any trouble, although it was very surreal to be driving myself down Lake and Lagoon after about 6 years of Pete or buses drivng me there.

The real victory, however, came when it was time to park. Pete had helped me to locate a parking garage, but I decided to look for street parking first. On Holmes between 31st and 32nd, I found just such a spot. I am not a particularly gifted parallel parker. I also don't drive a super tiny car. I failed my driver's test the first time I took it based on my lack of parallel parking ability (in my defense, I was driving a late '80s Chevy Suburban hugemobile). So I found my spot, looked around to make sure there were no cars coming or people walking by in case I totally embarrassed myself. But I parked by Blazer like a champ. Hence the title of this post: Victory!! Yes, I pumped my fist in the air a couple of times and called Pete to brag. I live in a city now, and I drove around and parallel parked! Hooray!

Then I went to my appointment and was thoroughly impressed. I would highly recommend Jon English, although it is a bit spendy. Well worth it though, in my opinion. If your hair looks bad, does it really matter what you wear? I would say no.

So having said that yesterday was the first day at my job with the kids there, and I love them already. They are great kids.

Pete and I are going camping this weekend at St. Croix and I'm jazzed. Hopefully it won't be too rainy.