Driving

BEDA #6

Like most 16 year olds, I have driving on the brain. I've been so busy the past year that taking driver's ed wasn't an option.  I wasn't in a big rush to get behind the wheel.  I've known for a while that there was no chance of me getting a car unless I bought it my self, and with  parents working full time, I wouldn't have a car available to me even if I had my license right when I turned 16. 

But now that I have the possibility of getting a job and one less driver in the house (my brother is leaving for college), I figured it's time I took charge and started learning. (Also, my parents said I would never drive their cars without taking the course.) I was suppose to have my first class tonight but couldn't attend due to another thing that makes me think about driving.

Today my mom, brother, and I drove down with my cousin Maggie and aunt to help Maggie move into her apartment. Her university is about 1 1/2- 2 hours away, so we had to leave early so we can be back in time for my class. We left to meet them at 7 am and ended up getting to the apartment at around 10 am. For a university apartment, this one was nice. It had a full kitchen, two bedrooms, a basement with a washer, dryer, and ping-pong table, and it was mostly furnished. We helped her move in most of her stuff and put some furniture in place, which was fun because we don't get to spend a lot of time together.

After working we went to lunch at this amazing Italian restaurant before getting on the highway back home. Around 3:00 things started to back up and by 3:15 we had stopped moving entirely. We ended up being stuck in the same three mile radius for almost 3 hours. So I ended up missing my 4:30 class, but luckily the staff understood and my dad was able to get some of the information for me that I missed. It wasn't all bad, being stuck in a Suburban while it's storming around the car, because all of us were slap-happy and a pretty goofy. Though around 6:00 pm, we started to get angry with each other. 

Finally we pulled into the Arby's parking lot where we had parked almost 12 hours earlier and said our goodbyes. It was a fun day but I am exhausted. Time for me to go sleep. Till next time.

PS: I think I'm going to start a countdown thing, we'll see what happens.