Confession:

I like Katy Perry.
This is why.  Her voice is sub-par, I'll admit. But the actually song--the idea, all the elements put together--I love.

On to other news.  I started drawing again yesterday.  It's kindof cool now, not having work or school at the moment... or month... or 3... ahem... Anyway my first drawing is of a photo a friend took a few years back. I thought of it off and on at random times, finally decided to draw it.  It turned out okay.  The anatomy is slightly off, but it was a fun challenge.  Today I opted for something less depressing: the figure skater, Sasha Cohen, posing at the end (or beginning, who the hell can tell?) of a routine.*  The olympics were helpful in giving me something challenging, anatomically, to draw.  I wouldn't have thought of a figure skater if I hadn't watched the olympic figure skating with My Associate last night.. this, however, did not turn out as hoped.  This is the photo I decided to draw.  Her legs and butt were difficult to get right.  Just look at the picture...her butt looks weird! Still kindof working on it. 

Anyway, the reason we were watching figure skating last night rather than at the gym, as we had hoped to be, is because we decided to go practice driving a stick.  My Associate has been teaching me... he's been really patient about it.  I'm definitely letting him teach our kids to drive... I don't think I'd be able to be as patient as he is.  Anyway, we were just pulling out of the parking lot we'd started in so I could try driving on the actual road... and the battery died again.  Ha.  Expletives followed... then Associate's brother was awesome and came to pick us up.  And...that's how we ended up watching figure skating.  Those girls are amazing, they do crazy stuff.

Anyway, Associate's dad, who has been completely awesome about the car thing, is charging it in his driveway today, and hopefully we'll get that car working this weekend, or soon anyway. 

I need to come up with code names for My Associate's family. :) Associate's mom is easy: we'll call her Saint MIL (Mother In Law.)  The other names will come to me.

TODAY I had my first mock-dress fitting. It's like sheet fabric, she's using it to make a pattern for the actual dress. It looks good... changing the sleeves and the bottom of the dress, altering the neckline, and it had to be taken in a LOT... she gently said, "Fluctuation is fine for the mock-up, but once we have the actual dress... you need to maintain your weight." I explained that I thought I'd gained weight... so I don't know what that means... either she made it too big, or I am smaller.  I'm hoping the latter!  Either way, I'm excited about the dress. Just need to work on my bum so it looks really good in it. ;-) ...JAY-Z and Beyonce are calling me to go workout, so I better go do that.

Orange Julius and basketball game tonight with the Associate! :)

* I stand corrected. My new bloggy-friend, The IceSkater from So Midwestern says Sasha Cohen IS moving, not stopped. :)