Life. It [Continues]

4:00 a.m - woke up, went back to sleep
5:00 a.m - had a dream that I had already gotten up, took the driving test, and passed. Rude awakening to realize I hadn't moved from my bed.
6:00 a.m. - Start coming back to consciences
6:18 a.m - I better get up. I have to be ready by 6:45
So I get up and eat breakfast. It consisted of a banana and frozen pancakes. Did I mention I was still tired? Well, yeah, I was. I wanted my bed back. After eating, I paced around the house until he came and picked me up at like 6:40. It was the same instructor from the second lesson and to be honest, I don't know his name. This was the instructor I wanted though. I got in the car and went. How many times have I said this over the past three parts to this anyway? There aren't really any other ways to put it.
He started off by saying that I had a 100% improvement over my first lesson and after reading the notes the first instructor left about me, he thought I was a pretty bad driver. The note wasn't good. It didn't leave a good impression. I don't think that Mike guy liked me too much. I bet that's why he didn't want to teach me any more and I got this new instructor. Well fine by me. I didn't care much for him anyway.
I drove out onto another busy road. I believe it was Route 130. There was a bunch of traffic and I think I can say that this was like the first time that I really felt vulnerable sitting in that car with all the other cars zooming around me. Yes, it scared me. I was nervous until he had me turn around and go back the other way. I couldn't have been more eager. At this time, I'm also going to mention that I was a little shaky with my control of the wheel and I wasn't doing so hot for about 5 minutes. It wasn't out of nerves or anything though. It was just...Well...Who knows? I'm alive right??
I came back to this area; passed right by the house. The instuctor ( I feel bad just saying "the instructor" but I don't know his name off the bat) had to go to the bathroom again so we went to the burger king and I waited in the car.
He came back out and (here it is again) we went. This time, I was on my way to Moorestown to pick up the next girl for lessons. It took about 20 minutes to get there. On the drive, he was telling me about places he's gone and he was telling me about his family and being real nice. That's when it was pretty much over. From that point on, I was done. He didn't give me any more pointers really. I was just driving to the next person's house.
I got to her house and pulled in the driveway. She came out (her first lesson) and wasn't looking so confident. Apparently, this girl had never done anything before with driving and I could tell. Man, she looked tense. As I hopped in the back and she buckled herself in the front, I was just praying to get home. Pulling out of the driveway with her was not a good sign. The instructor had to reach over and grab the wheel at least 10 times before we were even out of the street. I'm sitting in the back just looking around thinking...Great...This should be a fun ride home. I'm ready! We went....and things didn't really change. But what scared me the most was her getting on the highway. Now I'm still in the back but instead of going "WOW! Slow down," I'm thinking, "WOW! You better speed your butt up on this highway. I don't want to get hit here on my last lesson. You think I did all this work for nothin?? Not to be mean or anything, because I understand COMPLETELY what it's like for her first time and I know right where she's at but, yes, I do get to be a back seat driver now so I might as well take advantage of it. Not that I ever will or anything. I'm not one to judge and criticize. This was just funny.
After taking the LONGEST route possible through the development, I finally got home. By the way, going through the area here took 5 minutes when it could have took 2. This girl turned left onto a road that took me AWAY from the house when I told her to go straight. The instructor let me sorta tell her where to go since I was more familiar with the area than he. None the less, I got home at 9:05. (Could have been a perfect 9:00!) My South Jersey Driving School Days are over. The permit will come in the mail like Tuesday.

Tomorrow, we're having a 4th of July barbecue and I'll probably end up going to the movies with Hop pop. I'm going to sleep in most importantly. Another thing we did tonight was the little concert at the amphitheatre down the street. That was a fun time watching the Celine Dion and Neil Diamond impersonaters. Actually, I can't lie. It was more fun watching the *excuse me* old people dance. Wewee. They were a jammin and it took some will to hold in a laugh behind this one guy who was "feeling the rhythm."
Let's see. In a quick recap; I was out on the roof today cleaning and I was watching Live 8 all day because I couldn't get myself away from the tv. Speaking of which, that was really cool. Rachel though was funny. She wanted to go. I don't think she had a clear understanding of the event. To her, it sounded like a free concert with great celebs. Ohhhh no. You're forgetting about the massive 600,000 other people who also had the same idea. It's not that easy to just pick up and go into Philly on a day like this even if we do live so close. That's just dangerous, in my opinion.

So now I'm done with my spewing about the day and my driving lesson. I've had enough of this. As I close this out for tonight, I just want to mention one other thing worth mentioning about the driving today that I couldn't fit anywhere into the main body of type.

This was about almost half way through the lesson. The instructor had me drive into a residential area of Palmyra. This was tricky and it was difficult to drive. It was a real narrow road to begin with and there were intersections every 100 feet or so with no stop signs. So he was having a ball just showing me all the wrong things I did. But if you think about it, it's like c'mon. You expect me to do this perfect? This is a tough driving area even for a licensed driver, but I think he knew that. It just wasn't fun me. There was soooo much room for error.