December 4, 2024

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• Sometimes I schedule things and then later I wonder why in the world I scheduled them when I did-today was one of those days! I signed Campbell up for her driving test at 9:45 this morning. We had to be there at 9:30 so I zoomed through reading with Keaton and Whitman, and then hurried out of the house.
• We arrived on time, and then Campbell took a practice run around the loop. Then I parked in the spot-it was so busy, that I had to park in between the other cars. We went in and checked in. Then Campbell sat in the car for about 45 minutes waiting on her turn while I sat in the waiting room. (The other 3 times, I have stood outside, but today it was too cold for that.)
• When it was finally time to take her test, I could peak out the window from where I was sitting and could see her back out. I tracked her on her whole route, and when she parked I walked out to meet her.
• She saw me, and I could tell that she was upset. She got to me and did tell me that she had passed, but then the driver exam person explained about what happened. Campbell was driving along, and someone pulled out in front of her. She had to stop suddenly, which she did fine. Then that person swerved in front of Campbell and stopped in the middle of the road causing Campbell to have to slam on the brakes. This caused the driver exam lady to start yelling at the other driver. All of this was just too much for Campbell-she said that she never wanted to drive again.
• Then we went to the Revenue office, and I guess it was a good thing that we had to wait for Campbell to calm herself down. But it wasn't that good that we had to wait for almost an hour. We finally got her license and hurried on to Sonic-that girl deserved more than just the standard drink-she got a meal.
• We made it on while Graham was standing in the garage waiting on Campbell and the car to get home so they could go to work. They worked the rest of the afternoon while I finished school with Anderson, Keaton, and Whitman.
• Before too long, it was time for church tonight. They fed us dinner tonight at church-tacos. They were fine, but most of us had another meal or snack when we came home. The Wednesday night ChickFilA people just came home at the same time that I put a cake in the oven for tomorrow night.