Licensed to Drive

Watching my son grow up I have been through a few nerve racking moments in his life. There was his first day of school, that was pretty intense leaving him there in the care of someone else for the day. The many basketball and volleyball games he has played in. The hardest on the nerves were the championship games in both basketball and volleyball in his last year at Secrist M.S. He was a starter on both teams and was a city champ in two sports.

But I think taking my son to the MVD for his drivers test has been, up to now the most nervous thing we have done in his life so far. Anyone going to the MVD knows how long of a wait it can be for your number to be called even in a smaller city like Tucson. I could feel his nervousness as we waited for his number to be called and after about a 20 min wait(not too bad) we go to the clerk where we hand in his paperwork and pay the fee for his test. Now because nothing is quick and easy we get to wait outside for the instructor to come out and start working on the line of cars that are waiting to take their test. While we were waiting a car pulls up and instead of going to the back of the line he cuts to the front because the cars had not rotated forward. well this caused a small commotion but since the instructor did not see the guy cut in she told everyone they need to move up when someone takes their turn. Now I felt bad for the kid whose older brother(I think) took cuts because he failed the first part of the test, which is the 3 point turn, and was sent home. it seemed like an instant karma thing but still I hated to see the kid fail.

In the mean time my son is waiting patiently but now his nerves are turned up and my are probably 50 times worse than his but I'm holding it in. One by one kids are attempting the 3 point turn, some pass and some fail, and now it's Davids turn and I'm about ready to bust. he pulls up to the start position and then slowly makes his left turn into the parking stall where he hesitates a moment and then starts the all important backing up into back part of the 3 point turn course. He is moving slowly but steady and from where I'm standing I can tell he has hit his marks perfectly and will complete the course. If I had the ability to do a cart wheel I would have done five of them. With the hard part done the driver road test was just a formality(because I have trained him so well). And now my son has his drivers license and my wife and I have a chauffeur. On to the next chapter.