Lesson #1

Whoop Whoop the teenager passed her learners licence!
It was all very sudden, we decided in between errands yesterday to pop into the AA and book her in and before she could say 'L' plates the man behind the counter said "Do you want to do it in 8 minutes?" I answered for her cause she was looking a bit shocked "Sure she would" I think she thought she might get a few days to worry about it first.  I had been quick firing road code questions at her for the past hour while we were at the mechanics and had put the fear of god into her for a good couple of weeks with stuff like "you better pass the first time, I'm not paying $96 for no reason!" and "I'm not having that car sitting outside my house collecting cobwebs, get your licence or I'll sell it" so figured she would be sweet.  And Sweet she was.
As a reward I let her drive the van home up our road and if I'm honest, I was actually pretty nervous putting my life in her hands.  True there was no other traffic on the road and it was only a 1 minute journey but still it gave me a glimpse of things to come.
7:30pm last night was the first official driving lesson in her new car.  The 7 yr old was very excited and bounced into the back seat.  "Put your seat belt on and sit back" I urgently whispered to him.
I drove her to the end of our culdesac and then she tentatively jumped in behind the wheel.
It's quite daunting teaching someone to drive.  Where to begin? We went through the gears and the importance of putting the clutch in when we are inevitably involved in some serious bunny hopping.
And bunny hop we did.  It was impressive to say the least but she didn't stall and managed a very impressive gear change into 2nd.  When I had recovered from the whiplash and my hysterical laughter, I looked around at the son in the back seat to see the most priceless shocked look on his face.  I figured he was going to call the whole thing quits and get the fuck out of dodge but once the colour returned to his cheeks and he started breathing again he ecstatically announced "I LOVE THE BUNNY HOPPING!!" I had tears running down my face from laughing so hard.  As her new car doesn't have power steering and we figured turning around was a bit advanced for her first lesson, she would drive up our street and then I would have to get in and turn the car around to start all over again.  I'm sure the neighbours were loving it.  My tummy muscles got a good work out from all the laughing and my foot was sore from pressing down so hard on my imaginary brake.  Luckily the husband gets home on Monday so I'll tag him in to take his turn in the suicide seat.

The Teenagers new ride