It's official

It's official....well almost official. We just need to get him on the insurance but he has license in hand. Right before we got this license (and I mean we because it has been a group effort), Brandon and I hit the peak of what I would call a little parent/child difficulty. Of course I would never air that dirty laundry on my blog but let's just say that I was in no mood to do anything nice like get a drivers license. As far as I was concerned he could walk everywhere the rest of his life.

However, after stewing a couple of days about it and both of us making amends, I studied the situation out in my mind in the shower (this is really the only quiet place I have where I can study things out in my mind). Brandon had the day off and I was feeling like I needed to do something to "spruce" up the relationship (even though he totally did not deserve it!) I went down and told Rob "I'm having evil thoughts." He looked at me like "o.k., what are you going to tell me now?" I told him of my plan of possibly surprising Brandon and taking him to get his license. He thought it would be a good idea so I went forward.

Brandon knew something was up because I asked him to drive me to Walmart. He thought that was weird and really it wasn't typical of me in any way. I directed him to the DMV and I said "surprise! let's go get your driver's license". I surprised him (even though Brandon has a hard time showing it, I think he was excited?) I sat and talked to him for a minute about "things", told him I loved him, and told him the only way I would take him in to get his license is if he let me take a picture.

We went in, got the license, and went to lunch. I was really glad that I did that with him. I don't get a chance to spend one on one time with him a ton so it was good. I guess it's time to start giving up a little bit of that control that I so love to hang on to. Next stop...the working world (he promised us he'd get a job as soon as he could drive so we'll see..........(to be continued.)