Tuesday 10/2

I can't believe it is already October! I have finally decided that fall has arrived in the Valley with cold morning and evening temperatures (in the 20s). Daytime can be nice - 70s and sunny, or quite chilly - 50s/60s with clouds and a breeze. I have decided that I will definitely be bundling up in all my layers come winter time!

At work, I created a flyer with the menu for Milagros Coffee House and upcoming events in October. Randall (the manager) said that it turned out well - for my first attempt at advertising, that was good to hear. I dropped them off at local hotels today, and tomorrow his staff will take them around downtown. Hopefully, it will help promote events. What events? Well, we have sushi night this Friday; Randall rolls sushi for people from 11am - 7pm. Then, there is customer appreciation week; people can get 6-in subs for 2.99 and 16-oz lattes for 2.49. Finally, the big event of the month - Semi-Annual Charity Seafood Buffet. The menu includes things like ceviche (google that to find out what it is), fresh oysters, jumbo shrimp, more sushi, etc --- all of this is delivered from the gulf. The tickets go for $50 (which is a little out of my price range!) and are used to raise money for La Puente. It sounds delicious!

Jeremy is in Breckenridge at his conference for the next few days. It is a little strange not having him around. I talked to him, and he sounded like he was doing just fine without me though! I suppose being in a ski town will do that to him. He said it was VERY cold while he was walking to his car tonight. He didn't bring his heavy jacket there; I hope he doesn't freeze. Apparently, this afternoon they listened to 4 different people speak about the same three topics from different points of view. He said that part got pretty boring. He was able to meet some people his age that he will probably be working with some this year. I am happy for him.

Claire (my housemate) wanted some ice cream after dinner tonight. The only car we have available is the one she can't drive because she needs to learn to drive stick shift. So, I offered to ride with her to the grocery store in town, and she could learn to drive a manual at the same time. So we left at about 7:45 for a mile drive to the store. We returned at 8:45! :) It was so fun. She actually did very well. She would often propel us quickly forward - too much gas when starting up. When she had to turn her first corner at a T-road, I told her to go slowly and turn the wheel so we didn't wind up in the ditch. We made it successfully. The only other time that was a bit stressful was when we stopped at a stop sign and a car pulled right up on her tail - so close we couldn't even see headlights! Unfortunately, there was a small incline at the stop sign, and Claire was very worried about rolling backward into this person. I told her she would be fine - just give it enough gas. That she did!! We squealed our tires and smelled the rubber from the take-off. The driver of the other car was irritated and continued to ride our butt. We pulled over after a block and let him go around. It was a great experience to teach someone else to drive stick. The car we are learning on has over 200,000 miles on it and a very forgiving clutch. I am sure we will be trying again later. That's it for now...