It's official. She passed the test, and she is now out there, driving my car, ALL BY HERSELF.
(insert moment of silence)
It is very disconcerting to come home and realize that she is gone, off somewhere, in the car.
I'm walking a fine line between being trusting and supportive and being a COMPLETE TOTAL FREAK SHOW.
I'm not sure how long I can get away with making her call me when she begins the drive and when she arrives at her destination. It would probably make more sense to just enable the GPS locator on her phone, actually, because it's not that I care where she is. I really, truly do not. It's just that if I cannot find her, or she somehow disappears between the beginning and the end of a drive I would have some sort of starting point for issuing the APB.
I think she's probably an OK driver. I'm quite certain she drives better when I am not in the car. I made her super nervous when she was learning, which we've both acknowledged, and she has told me that she is better able to process information when she's not also having to factor what I might be thinking in the seat next to her. This makes sense. It is only a mild consolation, however.
I must figure out a way to manage the terror level (which is currently somewhere near "burnt umber" on the scale.) Am open to suggestions.
(insert moment of silence)
It is very disconcerting to come home and realize that she is gone, off somewhere, in the car.
I'm walking a fine line between being trusting and supportive and being a COMPLETE TOTAL FREAK SHOW.
I'm not sure how long I can get away with making her call me when she begins the drive and when she arrives at her destination. It would probably make more sense to just enable the GPS locator on her phone, actually, because it's not that I care where she is. I really, truly do not. It's just that if I cannot find her, or she somehow disappears between the beginning and the end of a drive I would have some sort of starting point for issuing the APB.
I think she's probably an OK driver. I'm quite certain she drives better when I am not in the car. I made her super nervous when she was learning, which we've both acknowledged, and she has told me that she is better able to process information when she's not also having to factor what I might be thinking in the seat next to her. This makes sense. It is only a mild consolation, however.
I must figure out a way to manage the terror level (which is currently somewhere near "burnt umber" on the scale.) Am open to suggestions.
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