She's motoring!

We are now fully mobile. Polly aced her driver theory test last week and received her provisional license a few days ago. As I write, she is on her second driving venture. She reports that the act of driving on the opposite side of the road juxtaposed against the fact that the gear box pattern and the pedal alignment are the same as the US is confusing. Fortunately, she has not yet found herself in 1st gear at 80 kph.

Good timing, too. Our first batch of friends are coming: Ryan and Lara are arriving Monday for a quick visit. Having 2 drivers will help. Ryan is studying German in the Fatherland and is doing a little traveling between courses. Lara is over for the break as well. We can't wait to see them.

I'm a little fuzzy this morning after Thursday night with the lads: we kicked off our once monthly movie Thursday with a blu-ray version of Casino Royale. That is quickly becoming my favorite Bond film of all time. Craig is the perfect update to the character and franchise. The lads I hang out with are pretty techy: they all have the latest game consoles, HD tvs, surround sound systems, etc. The sound last night was impressive, I must say. When movie night comes to our house, we'll probably enjoy Kurosawa's Aka-hige, if I can find it.

That won't happen for awhile yet, as our stuff still hasn't arrived. The ship, Ever Decent, is due to arrive in port in the UK tomorrow: from there our stuff will take 7-10 days to clear customs, then a further 7-21 days to be delivered. In the interim, we've had to borrow a comforter for Ryan and Lara's bed...

The perfect spring weather continues, despite a 2 day break with fog and rain this week. We've had over a month of beautiful, un-Irish weather: the day the fog rolled in, you should have heard the bitching in the office. Very similar to Seattle-ites' relationship to the rain actually. Of course, the weather is supposed to deteriorate on Monday: sorry Ryan and Lara!

Slainte!