2nd autocross of the season.

I ran autocross again this weekend and placed second, at 1:34 to the leader’s 1:33. I’m not as excited about the second place as I am about the time. After all, there were only 2 of us running in the class that day. I ran the entire day without a DNF (did not finish). Several of the guys ran into that problem. Now I did forget my hat and my sunscreen so I’m a lovely shade of cherry today. But I now have points for 2 races and only 2 more to go until I’m considered “in for the season.” We did get a rock chip on the way out to the race though.

Took the GMAT today

Today I took the GMAT, I was totally lost in the fractions on the math section. The verbal section was simple though and I was done with 30 minutes to spare. I scored 620 in the 76th percentile so not really hot but hopefully good enough. The cool part is I did this well without taking any prep classes (I did buy a couple preparatory books but I didn’t get all the way through them.) I was panicked after taking the practice test from the www.mba.com website but I’m glad that it’s over and I think I did okay. Now I just have to forward my preliminary results to the school to which I applied.

Here I am, out of school for 18 years and thinking about going back.

Things I've done in my life before reaching 40

Studied Isaiah with a Rabbi
Been substitute host on a radio show
Modeled for professional photographers
Ridden an elephant
Married and had children
Won Best of Show at the County Fair
Won First place in the State Fair
Taught a needlepoint class
Owned a strip mall
Owned a 66 Mustang, 62 Lincoln
Owned a Porsche
Been the owner of an exclusive car (only 4 in the state, one of 2 in that color)
Own a house
Own a fur
Own pearls and opals
Heard Itzak Perlman play and seen him conduct
Been 4 wheeling in Moab
Waterskiing in Lake Powell
Been inside Hoover Dam (down by the turbines before they closed that off)
Earned a Bachelor of Arts degree
Shot a submachine gun
Ate at Wolfgang Puck’s restaurant
Had articles printed in the newspaper
Written editorials for the newspaper
Spoken on the radio with G. Gordon Liddy
Had my name printed in the program as a contributor to the Utah Symphony
Modeled for an art class
Attended events at the 2002 Olympics
Attended the World Track and Field Games
Cooked in a Dutch oven
Attended a Rendezvous dressed in recreation costume
Sunbathed nude in the Uintah Mountains
Skinny dipped in a lake in Finland
Seen Old Faithful erupt in summer and winter
Driven a snowmobile in Yellowstone National Park
Organized an International Stitching Convention
Attended my 20 year reunion
Attended Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals
Learned how to preserve food (pressure can and water bath)
Learned to quilt, stitch and do needlepoint
Made friends worldwide
Survived being hit by a drunk driver
Shattered my knee in a sleigh riding accident
Been on a cruise
Participated in a Sub for Santa
Personally helped victims of Hurricane Katrina
Done static line skydiving
Went to school classes with a Mohawk haircut
Dyed my hair purple
Gone barefoot for a week everywhere I went (including class and church)

One of my goals is to support causes that I believe in. I believe in the 2nd amendment.
I show my support by being a member of Frontsight and last night, I attended a “Friends of the NRA” fundraiser. I’ve never been to one of these before and it was a fun event. I tried my hand at darts in the hopes of winning the WAGC T-shirt (I didn’t). My husband was there for the Winchester that was up for auction (It went for more than we were prepared to pay at the moment.) All in all it was a great time, we came home with 3 bronze statues (a mountain man that looks a lot like the husband when he goes out to teach history to school kids, a cowboy, and the 2006 sponsor statue, the paratrooper), a certificate for sporting clays, 2 new knives, and a picture of Lewis and Clark and all this for the price of new tires for the Jeep.