Ava recently go her license (just about a week ago). She’s 17, so she’s waited a long time to get it because we forced her to take a 3 month driving course and rack up loads of driving experience. She’s still only an ok driver (on a good day). I am not entirely sure I’ve ever driven with her when I haven’t feared for my life at least once.
So now that she’s officially in possession of a card that says she’s “allowed to drive” (the state licensing system must be fundamentally flawed), she’s basically begging to drive ALL the time. Ultimately we’ll buy a third family car, but the thought of her having easy access to a lethal weapon right now seems like a very bad idea. So meanwhile, she’s begging to drive our cars. My car is the smaller of the two, so it’s probably safer to drive for her and maneuver in the city and into parking spots etc. She borrowed it today, and I gave her a very specific window of time she could use it, and then she blew thru that car curfew and brought it back an hour late claiming, “I thought it didn’t matter because you had dad’s car.” All I know is that this is going to be TORTURE from start to finish. I know it’s a “learning” time and I’m supposed to be patient and all that, but still, it’s horrible and I pretty much dislike every minute. I worry the entire time she has the car on the road, it’s going to take years off my life, AND I’m basically losing my car every other minute which is not a little inconvenient.
On a brighter note, I took John to my church yoga class Sunday morning at 8:30 with my favorite instructor. It was a really hard class, with some crazy balancing moves that were hard for experience yogis. Twisted half moon? There were like 20 of them. John was totally lost, and every time I happened to notice him he looked like he might topple over, and/or he was doing a very, VERY distant cousin of the actual pose. Still, he liked the class a lot, and that made me happy. The message today I thought was fitting for me, because I literally was just complaining about my mundane, crazy boring day. The offering today was two things, to seek things out that make you uncomfortable or challenge you because those are the moments and memories that are most valuable to us. The other aspect of his sermon was about being present in the mundane aspects of our lives, and how much work it takes to actually do that. It’s a huge challenge, but when you can be present during all those countless “mindless and mundane” things we elevate them. I've got a lot of those mundane moments, so I'm going to really try hard this week to be less cranky about them, and more appreciate of the moments themselves.
What I also know is that we finally got Makana candle restock, and I'm so happy because I've burned thru my secret stash of them (I have to hide them from Ava & Lucia because they like to steal them.) They all smell so delicious, and I love the smaller size we carry because it's the perfect size for the bathroom, or little places here and there. It's also a great size (and price) for an easy little gift for your girlfriends (Valentine's Day treat anyone?)
Happy Monday!
Signed, ME {lv}