Another Day, Another Driving Lesson

Bear managed to get me to spill the beans.  He wanted me to meet him from school tomorrow when it finishes at 3.15pm.  I couldn't because my driving test is tomorrow at @ 3.30pm.  I have agreed that I will meet him in Morrisons after the test. 

I am not confident at all.  Today I drove past the place where the test will start at the time of the test - I will be starting from outside bear's school at just after school ends.  Bear's school has a lot of pupils from further away and while plenty of kids were lining up at bus stops, there seemed to be a gazillion parents picking up children.  What can I say?  One day I hope to be one of them, but I'll be making bear walk a little so I don't get caught up in the madness.  It was utter bedlam.  The streets were absolutely jammed.  There was double parking everywhere.  I started a popular test route and I spent the first ten minutes inching, squeezing, hanging back and waiting.  There wasn't enough room to drive and there were a lot of drivers.  The one that took my breath away was the one who, when I was finally getting clear of the worst of the congestion, pulled into the road I was exiting and then reversed out!  Looking back he must have seen the queue of traffic and thought, 'stuff this for a game of soldiers' and reversed, blocking exits, and, while I can't blame him for me stalling (trying to get out from a stop in 2nd gear will do that every time), he really didn't help the chaos. 

Bear has a school trip tomorrow, so this evening has been spent making sure that he has everything.  He is not looking forward to it as it will mean travelling on a coach.  I also have to sort out a packed lunch that he will actually eat.  Negotiations have been ongoing and will continue in the morning about him actually wearing an actual coat.  I always thought the stories about teenagers refusing to wear a coat were exaggerated.  Bear isn't quite twelve but he's already gearing up for it. 

Writing stuff - Timothy Bateson's 31 Days of Halloween has another teaser from Wolves in the Desert  Only eight days left!