Driver’s Test

I keep telling the kids not to grow up, and though usually they listen pretty well, but when it comes to that request, they don’t.  As a result, Collin is just like the white winged dove and on the edge of fifteen and a half.  Now fifteen and a half is a significant age  in California because the kids get to take their written drivers test and providing they pass the test, they get a Learner’s Permit.

He will need to pass the multiple choice test by himself but I decided to help him with a couple of real life questions that I just completely made up and which have no basis in real life.

Here’s the first 3 questions I invented…

When you come across a school bus with it’s lights flashing, you should:

A.)  Stop and wait patiently for the children to exit the bus and the lights to stop flashing

or

B.) Stop, notice that despite the flashing lights the bus does not have that stop sign thing sticking out so assume  it is safe to proceed and try very hard not to hit any of the children.  Next, wait at home for the letter from the sheriffs’ department to arrive.

When you pull into a gas station for gas, you should:

A.) Gently pull up to an empty pump and begin to dispense your gasoline

or

B.) Ram the car in front of you in order to create more space for your minivan

After you have received a warning letter from the sheriff for passing a stopped school bus, you should:

A.) Remember the rules for passing school busses

or

B.) Make up your own rules where if the bus is stopped on a busy street like Hollister Avenue and the other cars did not stop then you do not need to stop either

So these are just the first 3 questions that I randomly thought up last week.  I wonder if I might be forced to think up some more questions this week.  Needless to say, it’s probably better if I am the parent that helps teach the kid how to drive…

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The barefoot experiment continues.  The truth is, last week

I went to the doctor and guess what he told me
guess what he told me
he said boy you better try to have fun
no matter what you do
but he’s a fool…

Sorry, Sinead.  I went because I thought I had given myself a stress fracture in my foot.  Maybe I did but the x-rays did not reveal anything so perhaps it is already healing.  I was trying not to land on my arch while training for the marathon so I was landing on the side of my foot and surprise!, that’s not good.  If you have to adjust your stride or alter your foot strike to finish a run, you are doing something wrong.  Duh.  Don’t do that.

But enough drama.  I have been experimenting with running barefoot to test the theory that you can cure plantars by giving the fascia a deep stretch.  I have been running two miles at a time a couple days a week on the artificial turf.  I gotta be honest…it feels really good to run without shoes.  Still not brave enough to run in the real world but on turf?  Sure.  Here is what I have learned so far:

1:  The plantars does not bother me at all when I am running on the turf.  Weird, huh?  As soon as I put my shoes back on and try to run I can feel it.  Still pondering that finding.

2. It is very difficult to overstride if you are running barefoot.  My feet stay right underneath me and I have a nice Nordic Track glide to my stride.  I like it.

3.  If you run after the sun goes down at night, you do not have to ice your feet when you get home.  OMG that turf gets cold!.  I think I invented the running ice bath.

So I guess I am a fan so far.  At least it gets me outside.  Don’t tell Ellie I’m cheating on her…

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