<p>yes the 50 hours are killers – remember when our parents ceded the driving education to our already licensed older classmates?</p>
<p>They made it quite clear today at the licensing bureau – in-state only. when I groaned on the way home, my daughter said ‘well how would they know?’ Had a learners permit for 10 minutes and already shrugging off the law.</p>
<p>Must be state-by-state re the interstate driving. I don’t remember that rule and didn’t find it for our state when I just looked it up. </p>
<p>ivoryk - I remember the short half-life of the newly permitted driving teen’s humility. Lasted a few weeks in our house. Kicked back in, though, when he didn’t pass the road test first time around :D.</p>
<p>can’t pass up a Cherry Blossom toast to LTS!</p>
<p>OK, jumping into SA for the first time. S started driving solo to his school (30 minutes each way) yesterday, at the end of spring break. Waiting for him to call me when he gets there is enough to drive me to any of the drinks served here AND a handful of GS cookies!</p>
<p>I have to say to fencermom, son is getting his solo in the next week or so and I am not concerned…daughter on the other hand is so bad driving that when she comes out of the driveway she sits for a second or two to think about which way she needs to turn the wheel! She typically gets it wrong 
I am sure I have carpal tunnel in my right hand from holding onto the door so tightly. Did I forget to say she is only 5’2 and can hardly see over the steering wheel!</p>
<p>When I get home from driving with her I IMMEDIATELY open the wine up and sit in a quiet place for at least 30 minutes, and I meditate on how I saw every part of my life pass my eyes. </p>
<p>DS was so much easier…hand eye coordination was there. DD is …no words to explain it she just is…:)</p>
<p>I wanted jack daniels the other day, tell you anything!</p>
<p>Hey CBBBlinker!! Welcome !! Saddle on up to the bar. Barkeep-- first drink’s on me!</p>
<p>bulletandpima,
The other day I was driving and one DS was sitting in the passenger seat. I deliberately started driving much too close to the right side of the road, and all of a sudden DS started raising his voice and saying, “Hey, what’s up with this?”
I answered very calmly, “Now you see what it’s like being a passenger with you driving. Every telephone pole and fire hydrant seems to be coming right at you.”</p>
<p>momof3sons, lol. </p>
<p>I really can’t sit in the car when my kids are learning to drive. I’m still recovering from doing that with my first born – about 7 years ago! I would gasp whenever he would come close to another car, change lanes, merge – couldn’t help myself! After one particularly loud gasp, he said “That’s not helping . . .” He’s right. I think my being in the car makes it even more dangerous. Come to think of it, I think it was around that time, when my firstborn started driving, that I started having a problem with anxiety attacks! It was the first time I seriously questioned having five children. I never thought about having five kids in terms of having to go through having a child learn to drive FIVE TIMES. What a frightening thought! Oh well, too late now.</p>
<p>Now my 14 year old keeps saying, “I can’t wait until I can drive!” in a cheery voice. Oh boy, here we go again . . .</p>
<p>I called our insurance co and the nice state police and they both said that the inter-state driver is legal. DRAT!</p>
<p>BTW: here’s some fencing info: there is a HUGE fencing tournament in Maryland this weekend called the cherry blossom. So, I’ll have one now since there will be no opportunity then!</p>
<p>Momof3 </p>
<p>I am going to take her out tomorrow and do that…what a great idea…I know that SA was good for something besides great drink recipes</p>
<p>BTW I finally read page 1 and the rules, thus I will give a drink recipe that is a shooter…it’s called the Brain</p>
<p>Shooter glass</p>
<p>fill with peach schnapps.
then do a quick pour of Baileys in (it will coagulate)
then a dash of grenandine or compari</p>
<p>It looks like a brain, just chug it down because the Baileys does clot up!</p>
<p>That made me go back and reread page one. Doddsdad’s Mother’s Day story is priceless. Made me laugh as much as it did the first time.</p>
<p>I’m sorry BulletandPima, but just thinking about drinking the Brain makes me want to gag - something about the word coagulate, I guess…lol. Please, pour me a Cherry Blossom instead. I have to attend S’s middle school science fair this morning, so I can use a drink. So, while the Brain sounds more appropriate to my morning’s activity, I just don’t think I can handle it…lol.</p>
<p>I had the brain once and will never ever have it again! It’s amazing what you will drink on your 21st birthday.</p>
<p>Now for a drink that won’t make you gag.</p>
<p>Georgia Peach
Peach Schnapps
Vodka
OJ
and a splash of cranberry juice, just enough to give it that peach color.</p>
<p>The cran also gives a little tartness, so its not so sweet</p>
<p>bulletandpima - thank you! The Georgia Peach sounds so much better. I’ll definitely have to give that one a try. I can’t believe you drank The Brain…lol. I don’t think I could have handled it - even at 21.</p>
<p>When you are not sure where you are at and the bartender puts another in front of you and says shoot, then you pretty much do it…Now I will say I was responsible, we hired a limo for the night!</p>
<p>Green Martian
Midori and Vodka</p>
<p>BTW I was a cocktail waitress, that’s how I know all of these strange drinks</p>
<p>I was a waitress too, in college. At my restaurant you could get one free drink at the end of your shift. Being thrifty, wild and young, I quickly figured out that the most alcohol per free drink was to be had in a martini (they had giant martini glasses in that particular place). Hence that’s when I jumped from sweet kahlua/milkshake drinks to straight gin.</p>
<p>Welcome CBBBlinker!</p>
<p>For all of you with new drivers I will play some soothing bar music as I haven’t done that in a while. Gershwin, anyone?</p>
<p>I have a 16 year old who has no interest in driving yet. I’ll come back here for refuge when he does.</p>
<p>I think I’ve had a Green Martian - but it was called something different (can’t remember what) - anyway, it was yummy.</p>
<p>mommusic, I have an almost-16 year old who can’t wait to get her permit. I will be here looking for support in a few months, believe me!</p>
<p>Oops! I was thinking of a melonball, which has Midori, vodka and pineapple juice. I’m sure it’s good without the juice added too - probably not as sweet.</p>
<p>I’d like to buy a round for all the parents and kids waiting on April 1 (or e-mails of March 31). Whatever happens - a year from now, they won’t be able to imagine being anywhere else. But it can be a tough few days to get through. Hang in there! :)</p>