Emma and Lara.
Twins. Sisters. Twisters.
My first born babies. The babies
that made me a Momma. Seems like a very
short time ago when they were infants and I was begging them to sleep and to
hold their own bottles. And this week,
they turned that magical age of Fifteen, AND A HALF!
In Oklahoma, it is a rite of passage at 15.5 years old to
get your Oklahoma Driver’s Permit. Both
my girls took Driver’s Education this past summer (right after they turned 15)
at their respective schools, so we didn’t have to take any tests or do any
driving. But the joy is in the journey,
and we had fun and made memories along the way.
Emma came to Stillwater from Orlando Monday night and spent
the night with us. We got up a little
extra early, because rumor had it the lines and wait can be VERY long at the
Stillwater DMV! Plus, Emma had a basketball
game that night and to be eligible to play we had to get her to school as soon
as possible. A school 25 miles
away. We were in line on a chilly,
drizzly, cloudy May 14. We were about
the 10-12th people in line, but based on observations we thought we
were probably the 5th or 6th actual customer. We were very excited when the door opened at
8am and we got out of the elements, but we knew that was not the end of our
wait.
Lara was “L03” and Emma was “L04”, but there were other
people with other letters and numbers in front of us. Lara was finally called back to an agent
about 8:25. She did her thing with all
the paperwork we brought, checked her vision, take a picture taken, made her
finger print and answered her 8 questions, and she was done in less than 10
minutes. It was back out to the lobby
until Emma was called in at 8:36. Back to the SAME AGENT! Emma’s took a little longer. For a dozen reasons – Emma just does things a
little slower, plus she talks and asks lots of questions – but the MAIN reason
was because the agent grew up in Orlando, Oklahoma! So, they had old home week. LOL!
Once Emma was finished with all her DMV steps, it was back in the car
and off to the tag agency.
We arrived at the Stillwater Tag Agency at a few minutes
before 9:00am. We considered ourselves LUCKY
because the place was basically empty.
Emma and Lara went in ahead of me because I was looking for my checkbook
in the car. By the time I got in the building,
they were both filling out the “blue form” with an agent who was working them
both at the same time. She was so
nice! Congratulated them on this
milestone, asked them fun questions, and when she took the pictures for their licenses,
she let them see the images before the printed the cards! So nice!
She also let me write just ONE check for the both of them. WINNING! We were out the door by 9:05am!
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| Very different than when they were babies! |
Time to get these Twisters to school. Lara drove us from the tag agency to
Stillwater high school. 3 miles in town
with lots of stop lights, lane changes, traffic and stress. Oh, did I mention it was lightly raining at
this point? But she got there safety by
about 9:20 – only missed the first few minutes of her first class!
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| Emma and I enjoying Lara's driving! |
Now it was Emma’s turn.
She drove from Stillwater High School to Mulhall-Orlando High School. 24 miles, mostly highway, very little traffic,
high speeds. Very different experience
(Which is so typical of my opposite twins!).
She got to school about 10:05 – (after a quick stop at her house to drop off her overnight bag) and had missed 2 classes already! But
she was there in time to be able to play basketball that evening with her Lady
Panthers.
I am glad that is over for another 6 months! LOL! While I am excited for them to expand their
driving abilities and I am thankful for a couple of cute re-headed chauffer’s
for the next few months, it will be a whole new world when they can drive off
on their own… *sigh*
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