Memories

So Gage is in Driver's Ed right now and it got me to thinking. 16 year old drivers are the dumbest drivers in the world!

My mom used to say that she couldn't wait for me to grow up and have a daughter just like me. Well, I got one of those and a son just like me! This is not exactly good news people. I was a complete and total idiot! Here are just a few examples of my lack of brains and any common sense...

(Warning Mom...you might want to stop reading now!)

I used to take my parents' cars in the middle of the night. Except that sometimes it wasn't the middle of the night, more like 10:00 when they had just gone to bed and were watching Cheers. Nothing really pulled my dad away from Cheers and my mom was always exhausted so I didn't really even wait until they were asleep. Then I would let my idiot friends drive my parents' car. Genius!

I got pulled over on one on my little adventures. This one was right after school, yet another time I would take the car. I didn't make a complete stop at a stop sign and got stopped. Of course I was sure that was the end of my life. Of course they were gonna tell my parents. Of course my parents were gonna kick my ass. Except that the officer gave me a ticket and let me drive home. Did I mention that I was 15 with no permit and a car full of friends? Yep, I'm super smart!

I used to sleep over at my best friend's house and she would take her mom's car. A big, giant station wagon. Less conspicuous because who wants to drive a giant station wagon? We did because it held a lot of people, duh.

I think just about everyone I hung out with stole their parents' cars and I'm pretty sure I was involved every single time.

This was all before I even turned 16 and got my license.

After getting my license was an entirely different story. I think I'll stop here though so my mother can recover.

You're welcome mom. Hee hee.