Test Day!

Today was test day - the day we've been waiting almost three long months for - or at least, Matt has!  This was the day he was to re-take his driving test in order to get his permanent driver's license.  And wouldn't you know . . . 

As he was brushing his teeth before school this morning, his top retainer wire popped off.  I called the ortho office and yes, they could get him in at 12:30 - would that work?  The original plan was for me to pick him up at school at 12:10, for us to go out for lunch and then for us to be at the driver's examination station in time his driving test at 1:40.  So if we skipped lunch, we could go to the ortho . . .

Cathy was quick, she got Matt in and out in twenty minutes, he got a bowl of chili from Culver's and we were off to Eagan.  We got there plenty early, waited for the three cars in front of us and then it was Matt's turn.

I had barely sat down in the waiting room when Matt came in.  It turns out that the insurance card in the car we had borrowed from a friend had expired and Matt was not allowed to take the test without proof of current insurance.  If we could fix that in two hours, we could still take the test today.

Since we had two whole hours and I have a cold which has left me voiceless, we decided to drive over to our friend's place of work.  She was so excited when we got there - "Did he pass?"  Well, not exactly.  We went back to her office, she pulled out two other proof of insurance cards and they were expired, too.  She called her insurance office and they faxed over her proof of insurance to the examination station.  In fact . . .

Her proof of insurance had gotten there before we did!  Unfortunately, it was now after 3:00 and the lines were long, extremely long!  Fortunately, one of the staff started at the back of the line, making sure everyone was in the right line.  Fortunately, we were next to the end of the line and when we said had had proof of insurance faxed over, he found it and moved us up to the front of the line.

So now we went back outside, back to the exam registration booth and got back in line.  We were next!  The gentleman (Mr. Bill!) who came to give Matt his test said to me, "Sir, you can go wait in waiting room now."  And I couldn't stop myself - "I'm a ma'am!"  After an apology - my hair was longer than his! - they were off!  And just a few minutes later . . .

Matt was back to get his license photo taken!  To God be the glory!