My little mess up.

Saturday was Cindy's next to last driving lesson from the driving school . She is doing great and hopes to finish up her driving portion tonight and schedule a driving test sometime soon when the weather is good and she doesn't have anything else on the calendar. ( realistically this could take a couple weeks) As she drives with these instructors from this school they grade her on the same things that the State trooper will grade her on during her actual test. Saturday Cindy came home with a pretty good report( she easily would have passed if this were an actual test ) but the instructor said that Cindy was slow at maneuverability indicating that she was not confident enough in herself. The instructor reminded us that she was allowed to use the cones that are set up at the driving school ( a couple blocks from our house) to practice and make her more confident even though she had never bumped or ran over a cone. This is the first that I have heard of us being able to practice there so I told Mike and the boys ( who were playing video games) that we would be back. Cindy drove to the site and proceeded to practice. I stepped out of the car so I could make sure she was where she needed to be and see if she was ever dangerously close to any cones. Cindy did well and for a half an hour she drove up and back , up and back. As I watched the car I noticed something, the licence plate, it was starting to peel. Then my eyes wandered to the yearly tag. Oh no, I remembered, I was supposed to renew it on my Birthday. As Cindy backed out of the cones, I stopped her and told her to get in the passenger seat and I would drive home. She asked if she did something wrong, which of course she didn't. Finally when we got the car home I told her I messed up. Now if you are looking for a humbling experience try admitting to your kid that she could have been fined for driving your car with expired plates. Anyway, there was nothing I could do then since the BMV had closed and would not be open till Monday. I parked the car. This morning Mike signed the POA so I can buy tags without him being present and took the car, I usually drive, to work. Thank you God that I got there and purchased the tags without a problem. I really am going to need to get my brain tuned up.