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So I gave MC another driving lesson. This one was a 40 minute drive home from a sleepover. A long and winding road she had not traveled before. That’s always fun. I came to the conclusion that a good fallback job for her would be a driving a street cleaning truck because that chick can hug a curb like a security blanket! Which is actually much better than the alternative of driving down the center of a two lane road.
I had to pick the road with the most ruts on the side. You know, like there’s not a sidewalk in site, just mud and gravel which other cars had veered into previously and left deep ruts. It was a similar feeling, I suppose, to driving on the edge of a steep cliff with no guardrails. Only we wouldn’t fall to our death…just ruin a tire or two. Mainly on the right side. We didn’t get into any ruts, but I bet no one could possibly have come within in the 1/10 of an inch of the ruts like she can! That girl has some serious skills!
It was a great ride home. All stop signs were seen and abided by this time (yes, even the one’s with the white border around them) and I only almost passed out once when we took a turn at 35 mph and nearly ended up in on coming traffic. And who says Jeeps roll over easily? I can tell you first hand, you can take a turn at 35mph, over correct (twice) and NOT roll over. Whooo Hooo!
