K2's main goal in life right now is to save up her insurance money before K1 so she can drive alone first... along with that goal is learning to drive her truck... a 1989 Toyota truck with a manual transmission. (K1 has a 1992 Geo Storm also with a manual transmission, but hasn't shown the desire to learn as K2 has). Today, K2 and I spent about an hour or so driving the neighborhood, I would tell her there was a stop light at an intersection (practicing before we get to a real one LOL) and then tell her the light was green... she did very well... only died a few times and the one time we tried to wave a car that snuck up on us around us, they waited patiently... so thanks neighbor!! There were a couple of houses on corners who had people out and you could see them giggling as we would drive by if they had seen our practicing... LOL! I know they must have been thinking they were glad it was ME and not them!!! I know I would have been thinking that!! We did learn some important things when we went to the corner gas station... 1. make sure mom has her wallet! 2. the clutch has to be pushed in ALL THE WAY to start the truck 3. great friends will come to your rescue when you think the truck has died!! (THANKS ED!!!)
Yesterday it took her 10-15 tries to back out of the driveway... today, she got it on the first try. I am really proud of her!
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LOL, sorry i missed the driving lesson! I should totally make Recruit 1 pay for her insurance, Alas, I needed her driving sooner than she has been able to get a job... Soon though, very soon! Blog looks FAB!
ReplyDeleteOMGosh I just had to laugh at the "only died a few times" comment! I remember what it was like when my older two were learning, it was scary to say the least! Congrats on her getting better and glad you "only died a few times" ROFL!!!!!
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