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10th Weigh In and Freedom

Today my baby took her first giant leap towards freedom. Ok, my freedom too, but The shocking, exciting, scary, and expensive step was her drivers license. At 6:00 this morning we dropped Rachael off at school for her final road test. She passed, and was given her certificate of completion. Mark and I picked her up from school at 11:30 and took her down to the DMV handed her certificates over, paid the fees and got her license. We celebrated over Cafe Rio lunch and then this afternoon she took the car and drove herself to cheer. Can you believe it? Can I believe it? Where did all the time go. I remember turning 8 and announcing to my parents that I would be driving in only 8 more years. I then counted down the years and then days until I could drive. Now, all of these years (and really it has only been a few moments in time) later I have a daughter old enough to drive. I remember getting my license and how wonderful it felt to be able to take care of myself. I didn't even have a cute car just a huge beast of a van, which only cemented my nerdiness, but all the same I could drive myself around. Surely my daughter must be feeling that same sense of freedom too. I told her that I expect her to have a life this summer. How fun is that going to be for her. And, even more exciting is that we have a car for her. Somebody that we know was so wonderful and kind and gave us a really cute black 11 year old Honda Civic. Bad news? Yep there always is some somewhere in the story. On the way home from registering the car it broke down on the freeway and it turns out that we have to replace the timing belt. (and hopefully that is the only thing we have to replace) Luckily my brother Reed is a mechanic and has worked on Hondas so in a couple of weeks we will get everything running and she and I will be free.

On to the weight thing. This last week I gained .4 of a pound. I am not quite sure why but I am not stressing about it right now. Pretty much I have so much to accomplish this week and regardless of anything I am leaving for Florida in 2 more days so I might as well take it for what it is. That is my motto lately. "It is what it is" So, my exciting goal for this week is that I am going to exercise while I am gone. I really love working out at the gym and I will have time and a gym at the hotel so a good hard run every day is what I am going to do. Yahoo!

So, in preparation for Florida I have cut my hair, got my toenails done, tomorrow is my tan and picking up dress and Tux, and then Wed. is packing. I am so excited I can hardly stand it. I will hopefully blog about the trip every evening so watch and I will keep everyone posted.

Comments

Sounds fun! I hope you have a great trip, and congratulations on the license.
Woo-Hoo! Go Rachael!..and Kudos to you Becky for being so calm about it. I can't say I'm going to be as excited when Rylee starts driving..we'll see though..I've still got a few years :)
Dione said…
I'm Home!!! You're leaving!!! I can watch your girls if you still need me to. I had a great time but am so happy to be back! I'll try to get around to blogging about it. I sure hope you eat better than I did while you're out! Yikes!

Congratulations to both you and Rachael for the new life you'll be leading. Freedom is right! It's kind of strange to be sad about your baby growing up and elated that she can drive herself to things at the same time. But I've been there. I wish I could answer your question about where the time went - I can't seem to figure it out either.

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