Life. It [Continues]

Let's see. Yesterday was my birthday. Another year, another set of signs put up in the morning by mom. Ah as if I had forgotten. I was set to take my license that morning and was quick to wake up. Like I mentioned a cazillion times before, I just wanted to get it over with. So after eating what little I could for breakfast and missing the bus, dad drove me to the Motor Vehicle Place. We got there a little early, right as they were setting up in fact. We sat in the car and waited because they apparently come out to the car and get you. So we sat there for about I don't know 10 minutes when the guy came up to the window. First impressions are everything and this one was pretty much right on the money. Yeah this guy was a grouch. You could tell he didn't really want to be there. So he comes walking up to the drivers side where my dad was sitting and gives him some news we weren't expecting. I couldn't take the road test. It had rained over night and froze and there was some black ice along the road. I could wait an hour and a half to come back and take it or I could reschedule. Since I needed to go into school to prepare for finals the next day, I had to reschedule for another day. That day was today.
Yes I took the road test today.
But anyway I went back to school just in time for the math written final and the rest of the day. I didn't miss anything at all. So my birthday passed without a license. Oh well. I had a nice day with everyone at school. They sang happy birthday to me in Spanish and friends bought me a cookie at lunch. Coming home was slighty different because the wall in our back room was being taken down so I didn't quite have a quiet house. Nothing really eventful happened. I got some birthday phone calls like always from family and did the usual around the house. Later that night, mom, Reid and I went to Bob Evans because that was my choice. We could have had Chinese food ordered but I was really really in the mood for breakfast food. That's my favorite meal of the day. From Bob Evans, we stopped to Target so I could get some socks that I could open as a present. My real present which had already came was tickets to go see Rent. That's what I'm most excited about, but it isn't until May of this year. It was also American Idol and Lost night so I had my cake on the commercials of Lost.
I got into bed early because I had finals today for Spanish and Algebra. So overall, my birthday (anniversary) was good. Just a regular day..that's kinda why I like them to fall on a weekend. You don't have to worry about the whole day wasted at school.

Now today. Today was the day for my drivers test. I wasn't nervous as I was yesterday mainly because I kinda knew what was coming and it wasn't so early in the morning. I got up regular time for the bus and made it to the school. The first final (math) was right away. I banged that out with ease. The Spanish final, eh let's not go there. The teacher is messed up and there's a lot going on with that class. I'm going into it so as not to waste time. After all, the highlight of my day wasn't the finals. It was the driving of course.
So I had about 2 hours when I came home before I went for the license. Dad was home so I went out and practiced for around 30 minutes before even arriving at the place. I went all around blah blah blah then arrived at the driving place. Okay. I'm gonna try to sum this up as best as I can. Bare with me.
I pulled in at the same general area as dad did yesterday before we were sent back. This time, there was no going back though. The guy was already out and testing. As I pulled up, he was talking with some kids who obviously were not prepared to take the test because he sent them away. That got dad a bit nervous thinking he should have been the one to pull up in the car. It was a weird concern, but keep in mind, this is the grouchy guy we're dealing with now. Yep. He was still grouchy. Gulp.
My time came when dad was sent away. The guy, (let's call him Oscar) asked me for registration and proof of birth and stuff so I handed it out the window. It really felt like I was pulled over for doing something wrong too. He was dressed in uniform. After checking the papers, he stood outside the car and had me to the turn signals so he could check to make sure they work. I was thinking wow. What if I mess this up? Would that be bad? Nah I was under control for the most part. Not perfectly. Just hanging in there willing to get this thing over with.
Oscar got in the car. I tensed up, but realized i should appear as calm as possible. Getting my act together yet again, I signed a paper and the test started.
First thing was pull out and make a K-turn. Hardest part of the test for me. Now I'll admit. I'm not the fastest thinker on my feet. Normally when practicing with mom or dad, I would stop and run over in my head what I have to do and confer with them what I'm doing. Uh uh. Not here. I had to wing it. So not really sure of what I was doing, I pulled where I had to go and made one mistake. I put the car in reverse as the first thing I did. Now, I probably wasn't thinking clear but I was really caught off guard and that's alright. He said something along the lines of, "You just backed right up into traffic and that would be an instant fail. Now put the car in DRIVE and I'll let you do this right." I was scared. I was going to fail without even getting out of the parking lot. I was in for it, but somehow I pulled it off. Once I got my head back on right, I got the car where it need to go in the turn and got that sucker out of there right.
Next was straight ahead to the infamous parallel parking.
I pull up to the cones with mom's words in mind that I should stay as close to them as possible. Well, it turns out, mom's words weren't the wisest because I didn't even get the car to start turning left before I hit the curb with my back tires. Panic set in. Again, I miraculosy regained my composure and tried again. This time I was farther away from the starting cones so I was able to get into the area without a hit. I don't know how it happened but I did it. I got into the spot on this second try and Oscar was pleased enough. He checked out his door and said I was good. And there went the two hardest parts of the test.
All I had to do now was keep doing whatever the heck I was doing to stay calm and continue on. I pulled out of the parking lot finally, left dad behind, and hit the highway.
Now going into this, I knew where I was going to be told to go. Thank you to everyone who gave me the heads up. I pulled out right onto the busy road making every turn and signal perfect. We came up to a right and took a tiny little one way road around. It was basically a square we made. Along the way, I made sure to yield, stop, look, brake, go, and everything else required. My only fear was that I would accidently go over or under the speed limit because my mind was all in seven places at once. Now all this went through my brain in a matter of seconds. Not as slow as I'm making this seem. So far this test had been going on for barely even 10 mintues and it was almost done. All I had to do was pull back in and pray for the best. I made it back to the parking lot relieved that I hadn't done anything drastically wrong and sighed. Now was the moment of truth. Was my so so performance and nerves enough to get me through? Or would I have to endure Oscar a second time in two weeks and go through it all again.
The answer was no.
I got my license.
No more Oscar. No more permit. No more fretting over the date of my test. I had passed and apparently done everything fine. At least I would have liked to hear it from him but I was so confused. He didn't say anything except here's the permit back. There's a sticker. That means you can get a license. Have a good day. Then he left me sitting in the car....clueless. My mind started kicking in after being in automatic for the past 15 mintues. I did pass right? Yeah I did. Dad came out 3 minutes later but it felt like I was sitting there forever. I wasn't even sure if I was supposed to get out and get him.
Dad got in the car and I think he was more excited than I was. Pshh I was so darn rigid that it didn't even sink in. It still hasn't sunk in.
To make the story short, I went home and took a shower because I was super sweaty before going to get the picture for my license. That part was for the most part painless. Just filled out papers and gave a slight smile. Nothing too "cheesy" for the picture.
The rest of today passed. People called up asking how I did and I gave the same response. I passed. Yay. hah
ah so my days with driving school and permits are over. Thank goodness. Now I can take my time easing into driving without having to worry about a test date. That's such a huge relief. For now, I'm not going to be driving EVERYWHERE. Dad drove me to the gym tonight cause I wasn't quite up to making my first trip to a place a little farther away than most places. Even tomorrow where I could drive myself into finals I probably won't because I'm not sure how parking goes at the school yet. I'll find out eventually.
And so, with that, my drivers exam recap is over. I've got one final tomorrow and SATs on Saturday. Hahaha SAT on Sat. I find that funny.
I've got some studying and sleeping to do.
'night.