Driving lessons...how old am I???

I had to write this down because it is so funny to me. My dad bought himself a new car this year, well a new old car. It is a Red 1959 Thunderbird convertible and it is fabulous! He has put every spare second this summer into replacing old parts and sprucing it up. It was in really good condition when he got it and he has put it in tip top condition.

OK so back to the driving lesson. Jake has wanted him to enter it in a car show but he says it is just his cruiser and won't. So Jake asked if we could take it to one this week and he somewhat agreed, Jake was hoping he would come but he said he would give me driving lesson so I can drive it. SHOCK! I have only rode in it once and Nan Nan Nana Jake ,I GET TO DRIVE IT! Well that is what I thought until the driving lesson and I had nightmares about driving it last night. I am the only girl and his baby but I fear for anything happening to that car and what the punishment might be.

So I get in the driver seat and he tells me about the mirrors, lights, park break, key switch, gear shift and how do manage all of these right. Next he tells me " YOU have to DRIVE this CAR, it is NOT like these new cars that DRIVE themselves... 2 HAND ON THE WHEEL AT ALL TIMES!!" Ok I am so nervous it is not even funny. We pull out on the road, I am checking my mirrors, the speedometer, 2 hands on the wheel. He tells me to change lanes so I can feel how it pulls to the cracks and breaks in the road. 2 hands he reminds me. Next he tells me now try out the breaks get used to them, so I push on the breaks and slowly slow down. We are now off the main road and again he tells me try try out the breaks, I start to slow down and he says NO SLAM on the BRAKES! So I do and he tells me see it's not like these new cars that just stop and do it for you, YOU have to DRIVE the CAR! He makes me take a U turn so I realize this does not turn on a dime its a boat. We get back to his shop, and park the car. He is never yelling at me or mad but man my heart was pounding and gut gurgling. WHAT the HELL has JAKE got me into????

My dad is the best and I am so glad to see him passionate about something for HIM! Thanks Dad I will treat it like my first born or a newborn... something!