A Big Day in the Life of a Sixteen Year Old

Today was the day that Cameron had been waiting for for the past six months.  He and I were up bright and early and were the second group into the BMV in Goshen to get his driver's license.  It was a lot less stressful than when I took Brett, Cal and Meg as he had already passed the driver's test.  He only had to bring his driving certificates and the sheet showing his fifty hours of driving.  After he passed a vision test, he was first in line to get his picture taken.  As an added bonus, it was a good one at that.  We even made it to Bethany before school started at 9 a.m. this morning.  

Cam's exciting day didn't end there.  He had an afternoon appointment to get his second Covid vaccination.  I had Grandma Jane pick me up at Bethany so that Cameron could drive home on his own.  His first solo trip went well.  He also did a nice job driving to and from Plymouth once again for his vaccine.  Even if I had been willing to let him drive the 45 minutes to his appointment, I didn't have a choice except to go with him.  I had to sign a release form for him to get his shot.  In the end I was really glad that I went with him as we encountered multiple snow squalls on the way there making it a little hard to see.  Thankfully, all went well and by 2 p.m. Cameron was fully vaccinated and on his way to Arby's to get a milkshake to celebrate.

It was too late for Cam to go back to school, so we headed home next.  I really thought that they would cancel practice for the third night in a row as the snow squalls wouldn't let up.  Finally, the snow subsided leaving a sunny, cool afternoon.  Cameron headed to Parmore for practice at 3:30.  Even though it wasn't open for business, the boys were still able to take advantage of the range by hitting their own golf balls.  

Cameron called at the end of practice to see what we thought about him going to the girls softball game at Bethany.  We felt it was a great idea and told him to check in with us when it was over.  We heard back from him around 7:30 letting us know that the girls had won and that he was hoping to go to the Chief with Bailee to celebrate the accomplishments of the day.  Cameron arrived home at 9:15 that night, excited to finally found have some freedom.  Needless to say, we were very happy for him.