Well, today was THE DAY. The day Austin and I went to the DMV and made it official. Austin is now a LEGAL DRIVER according to the eyes of Wisconsin. Terrifying, isn't it! Jamie took Austin yesterday morning, but it turns out the DMV didn't open until 10:00 on Thursday mornings, so we had to wait until today.
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After waiting for the 20 people in line ahead of us to be helped, Carol, the not-so-friendly DMV employee, gave Austin his vision test, notarized his paperwork with my signature, and took Austin's picture. He now has his permit--good for one year from today.
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After leaving the DMV, I gave Austin the keys to my "little white station wagon", and let him drive. We were both quite nervous! And as all of you parents who have gone through this before know, there is nothing quite like sitting in the PASSENGER seat while your baby is sitting in the DRIVER's seat, putting the key in the ignition!
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Austin did a really good job for his first time driving, and I did a good job "coaching", if I do say so myself! He drove us to Applebees (in town!) for a celebratory lunch. He went through THREE ROUND-ABOUTS on his way to the resturant, and he parked the car! He also drove us home (or back to school) after lunch, and got through an especially busy intersection and brought his speed up to 55 MPH! Not bad for his first time driving outside of a parking lot!
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Here is a picture of Eddie behind the wheel for the first time as an officially legal driver...
~~~Cruising down the road--hands were at 2:oo and 10:00, and eyes were on the road!
Congratulations, Austin, on another milestone!
3 comments:
Good job Austin! I don't think your hands at 2:00 and 10:00 is suppose to be taught though.....a deployed airbag can break both of your arms in that position....4:00 and 8:00 are the correct positions now. :)
2:00 & 10:00 or 4:00 & 8:00 may be an issue.....I was just happy to see both hands on the steering wheel!
Congratulations....your big responsiblity of safe driving is now ahead of you...I'm looking forward to a cruise with you.
Love,
Gram Pat
Why are those DMV employees always so crabby??? I can't wait to catch a ride with you sometime....
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