a major milestone-my baby girl got her license and a car

no matter what, you will never be prepared for the day your baby gets their license. even if you trust them, it still seems absurd that someone just checks off some boxes on a piece of paper (do they still use paper these days? or is everything on a tablet now??) and says that your child can now drive, by themselves, in a car, on a road with lots of other cars and other people's children on it. i mean, i remember when i got my license. i felt so adult. i wasn't, but i felt that way. i now know what my parents experienced the day i walked out of the california dmv with my (temporary, paper) license and thought i owned the road.

i've been driving with bry for a year now. she's actually really good and i totally do trust her! but, like, i've been in the car (or at least another adult has) when she has driven. i don't know what she's like when she's alone. what if she's awful? what if she's egotistical and thinks she's really good and is suddenly one of those asshat drivers who cut people off and don't use their blinker? and then there is the whole 'i trust her, but i don't trust other people's children who are on the road and think they're really good drivers' thing.

but i have to let go, right? (do i??)

i am really proud of her, though. she passed her driving test pretty much perfectly. she even had to come back the next day because the vehicle she took to the test has a backup camera that beeps and that's not allowed (???). she was not discouraged, nor did that make her nervous or sweat it. she just came back the next day and kicked driving in the butt again. now me; i probably would have been like, 'omg, that was it, that was my one chance. i'll never pass again!', or something dramatic like that.

and just this past week she got her very first car. too bad she can't drive it yet because insurance and gas with no job is not possible. but, she has her very own car nonetheless. my first car wasn't this nice.

but, i have to trust that she will be responsible and that we have set a good example for her. i cannot guarantee that a few curse words won't escape her mouth when some asshat cuts her off or doesn't use their blinker (whoops), but she definitely has been taught by some model drivers.

as far as how to take cool photos with your very first car, i don't know which generation taught her that...

congratulations bry!