Another adventure I have been up to is driving, I started driver's ed about 3 weeks ago and what and adventure it has been. Between navigating the DMV for my permit, learning to deal with teachers and classmates that are different from what I am used too. Not to mention the actual driving, hehee that has been entertaining.
One of my first times out, there was an incident involving a Zip's parking lot, a turn lane and a learning what a drive thru lane is. Moral of story I now know what a turn lane is, everyone lived and I am sure that the guy in the drive thru wasn't in shock for long, whoops!
Last night's adventure involved a car trying to cut me off, driving in too close at the gas station, a imaginary person in the road and hitting a porcupine. (Which I actually cried over)
What I am learning is that I am never going to be instantly perfect at something I am going to mess up. The important thing to remember is I have amazing parents here to help me learn, a class to learn in, most mistakes can be worked through and staying calm is the key.
I really acutally enjoy driving a lot, even though after classes and driving my brain usually feels like it is going to explode with information, I get excited about learning how to plan a car trip and all the other stuff.
I am also thankful for my Dad who is so extremely patient in teaching me, I am amazed at how calm he can be and I am thankful for my mom who is so fabulous at so many things like driving me to class, helping learn how to drive, and hugging me when I am crying my eyes out because I hit a porcupine. Yep, God blessed me with a pretty amazing family he knew exactly who I needed.
Student Representative? What's that? It is a great role that one girl and one boy run for every year at my co-op. Last year two of my wonderful friends were elected. Rachel and Jakob did a fantastic job. They are part of the reason I decided to run for Student Rep this year. To start this road of politics I had to write a speech. I spent some time trying to figure out what I wanted to say. I knew what I wanted to say, but I felt like I couldn't phrase it convincingly enough. In the end I decided to state a few ideas I had and not over promise. I went with the idea that we could worry about the election and then go from there with what we wanted to do as a group. It was a fun election and in the end I was elected the girl student rep. Luke, the boy student rep won as well and he is such a great guy to work with. I have enjoyed getting to know him and sharing ideas back and forth. Luke is so funny, smart and has fantastic ideas about what ...
You'll get it!
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