It has taken several days more than we had planned, but we are going to visit Amie tomorow. However, we are now in Berkeley, in the house of Jamie, who you may remember from the previous blog entry, and his wife Jayne.

They have flown to the Southern California, so they are not here, but in the region where we will be tomorow. Wacky, eh?

To explain, it has been good to visit here.

Furthermore, I am looking forward to seeing Spy Kids 3D.

Additionally, I apologise for the ridiculous transitions. On the other hand, I thought that forced transitions would be funny and very much like the writing of seventh graders. To explain, I will talk to you all soon.

Hi! This is Joe's friend Jaime. Joe and Dianna and Neville are here in Berkeley, and we're getting drunk and thinking about watching Star Trek. Earlier we went and saw Pirates of the Carribean, and all agreed that Johnny Depp is hot. Bye Bye Now!

[ the big move! ]

yay! joe can drive! and passing with a 93! very impressive!

i remember when i took my driver's test... i did so horribly, that by the time we got back to the DMV, i was sure i failed! i was so jittery that i crashed right into the wall when i parked the car. i was on the verge of hysterical laughter when my testerperson announced that i passed with a 80!!!

dianna, joe and i have plans to go to disneyland this monday!!! i'm pretty excited! i'm still trying to find ways to drive over to carson city with them, but it's looking kind of grim. i've had a string of three-day weekends the last month (mom's graduation - seattle, fourth of july, san diego comic convention...) and i don't want to push my luck!

Vroom vroom!

I am officially a licenced driver! My big, lifelong no driving rule has been permanently broken. We drove to the D.O.L. in Kelso, because it was the place where we could actually schedual a test for Tuesday morning. When we got there, everyone was so friendly! The lines were very, very short. The area was rather rural, which made the driving easier.

Yesterday, I was going to have my final driving lesson with Kirshner at 9:00 am. At 10 I started trying (unsuccessfully) to call them. When I had totally given up on the lesson happening, I got a call from them telling me that they hadn't even written me on to the schedual. Bah, Humbug!

So after the loss of the last driving lesson, I was a little bit worried. I was expecting to have somewhere between 5 and 8 lessons. I ended up only having three. Had I stuck it out, I could have taken my test in their driver's ed. car, complete with passenger side break pedel and top mounted sandwich board sign. Prior to the test, I would have a chance to practice for an hour with a trained instructor.

My score was 93, which is not bad. I only needed a 80 to pass. I wonder if my score could have been perfect had I had those last few lessons. I further wonder if I would actually like driving, or at least feel confident driving with them.
Well, I am quite sleepy. I will try to update again soon.