The summer of the "DL"

Well- today is the big day.  My 21 year old just got her driver's licence. Hallelujah!  I learned what the hand rail above the the passenger seat in your vehicle is used for this summer!  I generally use the two in the back seat for hanging dry cleaning.  The one up front is for parents that are teaching their kids to drive and for trying to hang on for dear life while also trying not to appear to have any fear!  The first two weeks of driving lessons were very tense.  I have a beautiful, smart, creative daughter-but common sense and basic sense of  direction is not part of her normal persona. 

If you wonder, why is she just getting her license now and she is already 21-good question.  We did get her the permit when she was younger.  We did practice driving then.  But the primary reason that WE did this was because I made her.  The problem is that she has no reason to learn.  She takes a bus everywhere at college and has no need to get a licence.  Hopefully for her last year of college she will take the car and live in an apartment instead of a dorm and try to be an adult.  Have I babied her?  absolutely!  It is totally my fault.  I am always trying to make her life so much better than mine was that I unfortunately made it too Kooshy!  I hope I haven't ruined her by making her life easy.  Time will tell-but I have a feeling she will become a wonderful young artist and although this summer has been full of internal strive for me ( actually both of us).  It was worth it!

U2

I recently had the opportunity to go to the U2 extravaganza in Philadelphia.  The makeup concert from 2 years ago- the 360 tour.  The tickets were an early birthday present form my sister and it was the best concert EVER!  I think there were 70,000 people there.  The stage could be seen from all sides of Lincoln Financial field.  there was a circular LED screen that towered over the stage and the digital images and camera work made it certain that everyone could have a great view of the band.

My favorite part was when Gabrielle Gifford's husband got on the screen and introduced the song "Beautiful Day" from up in the space shuttle.  That was really special. My daughter got the whole concert experience because we were siting close by a girl that threw up and an obnoxious guy that smoked a joint and practically had intercourse with his girlfriend after starting a verbal battle with the guy next to him.  Those two were not in the same group by the way.  We truly had a great time and we laughed at the A-holes next to us and just focused on the show! 

The concert tickets my sister gave us was one of the best birthday presents ever.  My very best present ever was when she  threw me a party for my 21st birthday (back in the dark ages).  It was a complete and total surprise. I mean- I was about to cry because no one at college had remembered or mentioned my birthday and I was feeling very sad. One of my friends offered to take me out for a drink at the last minute and brought me over to the party.  I had the greatest time and even did a beer bong.  That is when you hold a huge funnel up and fill it beer and you have to suck it down in one swallow.  Good times!  So I did sow the wild oats in my younger days.  I guess Karma is a bitch!