30 Days of Turning 30: Day 2

I threw myself out of bed this morning because I was determined that today's objective would be more stimulating than eating brussel sprouts for the first time. Unfortunately work yet again threw a roadblock in my way. But then I realized more than a few things happened AT work that have never happened to me before. First and foremost, the uber-talented Ted Danson poured me a cup of tea at craft service. (It was peppermint tea in case anyone wanted specifics). I also shared some fruit with Lynn Cohen who most of my female friends will remember as Magda from Sex and the City, Miranda's nanny/housekeeper. And Magda totally speaks without an accent in real life. Something I never knew. She's also literally a fly-under-the-radar Betty White type, which is so cool, because we all know Betty White rocks. One of my co-workers today suggested that I try to learn the ukulele because there was a ukulele expert on set for a scene but it didn't pan out, so maybe next time. At a certain point today I looked around and realized I was sitting in a room with Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Schwartzmann, Isla Fisher, David Rasche, Zach Galifianakis and Lynn Cohen. How often does that happen??? It was a first time experience, but I headed home tonight still feeling like I hadn't quite accomplished the goal of taking action on my own to do something new today. So as I was driving home(and it was only 11pm so it still qualifies as Day 2), I saw cars slowing down ahead of me on the West Side Highway and could make out a cop car parked off to the side with its lights off causing the mass of brake lights. As I was about to brake, like I always do in this situation, I paused and thought a minute. Here was my chance to do something I've never done before. So I sped up and changed lanes without signalling. Twice. I'm a bad bad man. I mean woman. So a step up from brussel sprouts but still nothing life changing yet I would say. Who knows what the weekend will bring??? 28 lovely more days to go

And P.S. It really irritates me that I blatantly disregarded traffic codes and did not get pulled over, and yet I got a ticket two months ago because a cop claimed he saw me with my cell phone pressed to my ear, when in actuality I have bluetooth!!

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