Oh My Gosh
Oh my gosh what a high adrenaline day. Today was the day Megan and Carrie would drive from the metro for Megan to take her driver’s test at the courthouse. I encouraged the two to come early and we could do lunch at Megan’s favorite St. James cafe, the Encore.
We had plenty of time so Megan could do some practice driving around town before her test. It wasn’t hard finding the flags for the 90 degree back up event. Megan nailed that. After a bit we found the cones for the parallel parking. With both being successful I got dropped off at home and Carrie and Megan headed for the courthouse.
After an hour and a half, I was quite sure Megan had passed as a quick return would have been done if she had failed. The license center in the courthouse doesn’t take much for jam-up.
What I didn’t expect to see was the red eyes that Megan had. As it turned out, the fellow giving the test had been in another person’s car that they were actually taking the test, when he saw Megan pulling out from the parallel poles. Megan made it through the entire test in good stead.
As they parked in front of the courthouse for the examiner to go over her results, the first thing he told her was that any practicing at the posted areas on the examine day resulted in an immediate failure. Through the welling up of the eyes Megan did state that she had no awareness of that. She did say her mom thought it would be a good thing for a practice, asking where that information was that she missed . . . it is stated on the St. James radio station on Wednesdays. Dah! I believe that kids that have taken the training here in St. James may also know of that. After all that heavy beating in Megan’s heart, he did tell her that she had passed. What a jerk! When the two of them came into the courthouse, the first thing he said to Megan in Carrie’s face was “Did you tell your mom what the rules are?” It was truly an amazing gift from God that Carrie didn’t take him out right there.
High drama for my Megan. We are so proud of her to put this chapter to rest. Carrie and Megan couldn’t stay after the license center work as Megan had to go to her job at six. Megan works at the community center working with the young girls that are just beginning the lessons on the ice.
The day was cold. The day was high adrenaline. The day was very memorable for our oldest granddaughter. Megan is on her way for more independence. I am a bit sympathetic for her mom and day.