FLASHBACK 1982

"baby you can drive my car...yes i'm gonna be a star..."
i really could've cared less about driving. my two feet got me everywhere i needed to be to find a ride to cruise town. why get a license and then have to be the driver all the time? and have to worry about gas all the time? and blah blah blah. not interested. there's a knock on my door one morning. coach v "get your shoes on...you're driving today". ugh!!! it was fun, though. right up until the moment coach v smacked me in the back of my head, with his HUMONGOUS class ring, for not knowing my right from left.
FLASH FORWARD 2003-2006
my boys are learning to drive. i cannot be in the car with them...i repeat...i CANNOT be in the car with them. the only experience they had behind the wheel, they got on the weekends that their dad was in town. *i would like to thank all the little people that made this MOTHER OF THE YEAR AWARD possible*

FLASH FORWARD 2010
my brother is an idiot. he asked me and the bk to watch his girls for a long weekend. me. he trusted his kids with me. yep. my brother is an idiot. we have a great time. we go to king's island. we play board games. we watched emma cheer. we let abby drive. huh? we let a 14 year old drive? hold on! hold on!! NOT ON THE ROAD!! duh doy! that would just be nyuts!! we took her to a local strip mall parking lot that all the kids in town practice maneuverability. emma was freaking out...she refused to be in the car. so we were just spectators as the bk let abby drive him all over the parking lot.

              

 

                    

 

FLASH FORWARD september 27, 2012
abby just turned 16. and today is the day she takes her driving test. i'm sure she's nervous. i KNOW her mama's nervous. i get a text from her mama "omg! i am in knots!!!!!!! she is leaving with instructor now".  we've already talked about it. we are not good examples of good driving. we don't keep our hands at 10 and 2. we mess with the radio while driving. we speed (shhhh...i did not just say that). we roll thru stop signs. 
a mere 15 minutes later i get another text "ackkkkkk she passed"! and THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is what happens when the bk lets a 14 year old drive in a parking lot.