TDVL Day 15 of 20

Who would have thought I would come so far? I have finished 15 nights of my TDVL course! Even hubby cannot quite believe it. He's been very supportive (except when I come home after class and find him fast asleep, the dog not fed and the dog not walked!) and has been very encouraging. He doesn't think I will be driving any time soon but he's given me some suggestions on how I can start driving a bit here and there for a start, as soon as I've received my Vocational License.

We're done with going through 40 routes (actually 43 but those are routes similar to the main 40 routes). I must say, only a few routes are familiar to me. The rest are alien. Sharing notes with others, I learnt that many of us have been driving around the same roads without realising the names of those roads. It's been an eye opener.

Son asked me if anyone dropped out of my class and I said, surprisingly, no one has. Some have been absent a few days and they have to make up for the days absent beyond the allowable 2 days (a requirement). But really, no one in this class of 39 has dropped out yet. I highly doubt any of us will, now that we're into the final week of our TDVL course! Everyone's very friendly to each other now and we all share one grouse. The lift has been out of order! It's very funny, seeing all the panting Uncles (Aunties not so much) as they arrive at the lobby upstairs. I cannot recall if I wrote this but I got stuck in the lift last week. Fortunately, a man had boarded the lift on the floor after mine and when we got stuck, he prised open the lift doors. He held it open while this Aunty scrambled out for dear life! How blessed can one be? To be stuck in the lift with THE lift repair guy! I know he hadn't planned it because he too got a shock when the lift just stopped moving!

As I am writing about Day 15, I'm already proceeding to Day 16 and I'm super excited! This is the final week and we're going to have our practical test assessments! I spent the weekend running through this checklist because we're supposed to give a presentation and be videoed giving it. The trainer will be assessing us to see if we know what we're supposed to have or do before we start driving the taxi. I have faithfully been ironing my pants and collared shirts and I tell you, I cannot wait to start wearing my non-iron dresses again! As part of the checklist, I have to wear socks tonight -_-   Urgh! I don't feel like a Taxi Aunty. I feel like a Taxi Uncle! Urgh again!

Anyhoo, I'm all prepared for my presentation tonight and hubs has been making fun of me all weekend. He caught me mumbling to myself a few times and he keeps mocking me that I'm aiming for 'best trainee'. I asked him how come I never saw him study when he had to do it. He said he has not studied since secondary school and even back then, he needed people to study for him and just summarise things for him. LOL. Some things never change. Now, the joker, is asking me to go for the MDT training so I can teach him how to use the inbuilt GPS! (He only knows how to use his own GPS).

I pray that nothing will come up to disturb my last five days at this course. I'm super excited to finally complete it. I know that I'll miss the trainer and this class and we'll probably never see each other (highly unlikely) except for our test date. It's funny what 15 days of daily night classes can do to you.