Driving, meeting people and other things we've got up to!!

At last!! Louise passed her driving test!! She went out on Tuesday to do it. Only one of the kids she works with and i knew when it was. Man - my nose was growing longer and longer as i told Matthew she was "meeting her line manager from work!"
Now - technically, this is not a lie - it's not unusual to meet up with her boss at times to discuss things - it just wasn't done that morning!!
I'd been at the Doctors on Tuesday morning. As i walked up the path to the main street, i saw the instructors car and just got a feeling that things were going well.

So that was good. No longer do i need to be the responsible adult in the car!!! Yessss - i can sing away.
Well, till Lou tells me to shut up!!

On Wednesday, we went to meet the family Peter will be having some respite with. THere was one slight hitch - Laura had phoned to confirm and the guy sadi "aarrgghhhh - we thought it was tomorrow!!" THey'd put in in the diary for then. He was going to be there, but his wife was out. It was ok with us - Peter was set on meeting up, so off they went. They live about an hour from Glasgow, in the country and the plaace looks lovely. The have a log fire - that was enough to win me over, but we sat and chatted. He wasn't fazed by Peter and his chat of dvds and disney. He loved our photos from our holiday and made a great cuppa for us!!
He took us to the room where Peter would be sleeping and told him that if he came to stay and he wanted, he could have a tv and dvd player in the room to watch his films at night. They also have some animals on the small holding. We didn't see them - the weather was rotten, but the guy has promised Peter can meet the horse and the pig!!
There was a nice feel to the guy and then house - it felt like home and i'm sure Peter will love it. In fact, when we got home, Peter asked when he was going to see the guy and the horse!!!!!
If Peter hadn't liked him, we wouldn't have had that!

Thursday morning, Louise decided she wanted to time travelling to one of her families - going on the motorway!!! She was getting brave. So we did that and then headed for some lunch before getting Peter from college. Later on she decided to go and see a friend before going to pick up Paul from band. And they all arrived in about 8. We'd not seen Ann for a while and were getting a bit worried about her.

But like the rest of us, she's just been caught up in day to day life. She was really chuffed that Louise had passed her test and had bought a car!! Louise decided to take Ann home, so i jumped in the car with them.

Friday was getting my knee x rayed again. The woman questioned WHY i was getting it done again after only 18 months. Duhh - because it hurts and the GP wanted it checked. She also said that an MRI was a better way of getting it checked and i sweetly told her that i'd had one of them done December 2009 and an arthroscopy this time last year and the results of that had shown that the damage was worse than initially thought. 
It could be a few things - arthritis or calcification of the tendons or maybe the osteoporosis is kicking in.
So we'll need to wait and see.

Asda shopping delivered, and Louise and i decided to get some stuff from Costco and we picked up Peter and his worker from college. Gerry wasn't so quiet this week - maybe he knows we won't bite him!!!
It's great having that support - we can go and do things knowing we don't need to drag Peter out. It's just getting used to it!!

It's also nice that we're getting lighter evenings now. It's 5pm just now and it's still light outside. Maybe if the rain stays away, i might start getting some things done in the garden!!
Knowing my luck, the snow will come back with a vengance for even thinking about garden time!!!!