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T has been driving herself to school and back for a few months. Based on the weather reports, I gave her plenty of advance notice that I would likely have to take her to school this morning - our first snow was predicted, and she's never driven in the snow. She grumbled and whined and complained but was generally stuck with my decision.

This morning, we'd had our first snowfall of the season and there were approximately 3 inches of snow and slush on the roads. We left the house just before 7am, T at the wheel of our "new car," me supervising from the passenger seat. She turned the car around nicely in the driveway, and executed a lovely left turn from our street onto the next street on our route.

The next left turn resulted in a 180 degree turnabout, and we were suddenly facing the direction from which we had just come. We calmly exited the middle of the street and its oncoming cars. T said she was okay, but admitted that she now realized that all my concern and caution was perhaps warranted.

I emailed a partner from my blackjack at 7:11am:

K: I'll see you when I get in...T's first time driving in the snow, we've already done a 180. She needs to learn, though.

Partner: Please don't die.

Full post as published by Just Playin on December 05, 2007 (boomark / email).