Our lovely daughter has never really felt the need to drive. She has friends who got their license as soon as they turned 16, but also has quite a few who waited. She was a little scared but mostly just did not want to put in the time to learn. And...after all, I drove her everywhere.
We elected to do parent-taught driver's ed. rather than paying $320 for a driving instructor. We had the material for a year before she would ever entertain the notion of learning anything about driving. Finally, in April of this year (1 month before her 17th birthday) we went to the DMV, she took her written test, passed and became the proud owner of a Learning Permit. Still, no driving. In our state, we have a graduated drivers' licensing program. You must have your learning permit for 6 months before it converts to a regular license (to give ample time for practice). For 5 of those months, no driving. Now, all of a sudden, she wants to drive all the time. Unfortunately, because of my husband's schedule, I'm doing most of the teaching. Can you say Valium?
Actually, she does pretty well but she hasn't driven over 40 mph yet. It will be nice when she can drive herself but I'm not anxious for that now.
Oh my, that was a lot of rambling. I'm not sure I'm going to be a very good blogger. I can report the facts but am not good at conveying the feelings and inner thoughts. I'll give that a try tomorrow!
1 comment:
Cool blog, Nannie!
EJ looks so nice...I like that picture.
Senior year...wahoo!
Are you thinking "I'd better teach her how to..." hoping for fewer freshman calls from college that go something like, "mom???MOM??? Can you hear me??? I'm in the basement...doing laundry, and--how do I do laundry?"
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