There ya go, Misty. You can anything you want! And a stick-shift is not only far better for snow-driving, but if you ever need to drive a car in Europe, you'd better know how to drive one, because 99.9999999999999% of them are manual, including the rentals.
I learned my music lessons from the good Sisters (or strs, as properly pronounced), too, Vam. The Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity. They had their own conservatory, the Holy Family Conservatory of Music, situated in a large, red-brick Victorian house where much of the original decorations - including Tiffany windows - were still intact. All the classrooms were on the first floor; I remember one of them being the old breakfast room of the mansion with the original sliding French doors. The strs resided on the second floor. There was an addition in the back of the structure, allowing for a lobby/waiting room, a few more classrooms and an auditorium where we performed our recitals three-or-so times a year. That's where I did Quentin's Theme for my little diddly. When I first brought the sheet music, my teacher, Sr. Mary Grace, looked at the "From the TV Show 'Dark Shadows'" on it and asked me: "Isn't that suppose to be a silly program?" I told her I never missed it. She shuddered and said: "Ooooo, I don't like things about spooks and such."
Gerard
