Angie:  Yeah, I don’t think I can give up eating.  I can see the advantage of that.

Bette:  I wish I had known how to cook when I was in college. But fortunately, I had a roommate who loved to cook.

Tina:  Who was that, Kelly?

Bette:  Oh no. It was this girl name Mary Anne Swartz. She was an education major.  Nice girl.  Haven’t seen nor heard from her since undergraduate school. She was our roommate from our sophomore year through our senior year. We shared a three-bedroom house in New Haven. Daddy found this house and somehow found the roommates as well.

Tina:  I presume she was straight.

Bette:  Straight and not even aware of lesbians.

Tina:  Let’s go do two more bedrooms with these sheets.  Let’s do our room and then let’s think about a nap.  I wonder how Kit and Sonny are doing? Maybe they would like to stay for supper?

Bette:  Why don’t you call them. Angie and I will go up and start these two beds.

After getting upstairs, Bette:  Let’s get this room and then do our room.

Angie:  Yeah, I’m thinking a nap is in order.

Bette:  Okay, the other thing that I wanted to tell you is that on the Monday after you get back from New York, hopefully, you will start driving lessons.  It seems that the state of California requires a driver’s education class for all those under age 18.  Since you have had no experience driving, we think it’s a good idea for you to take a hands-on driver’s education class. The instructor will pick you up in the morning sometime and then give you lessons for about 2 hours and then return you here to the beach house. You’ll be home by lunch. Once you have completed the class and you have had your 18^th birthday, then you will go and take your driving test and get your regular driver’s license.

Angie:  Really? Wow.  I haven’t thought about having a driver’s license.  But we don’t own a car?

Bette:  No, we don’t. That is one of those things that your mom and I will be working on. We will have a car for you to take your test in. But as to owning a car by then, we are working on it. But at least when you go to New Haven, you will have a valid driver’s license and can drive in the event of an emergency. Since the school prohibits vehicles for freshman, we will need to think about getting you a vehicle in your sophomore year. That of course will depend on where you live in that year. Are you seeing a pattern here?