My husband, better known as wintermute (or wm) around here, has finally gotten his temporary driving license this past weekend.

For those who don't know, wm is from England and we just got married in November. It's taken a while to get his paperwork moved along, but finally we had the documents that we needed to get his temps at the BMV (or DMV or BMW or whatever you call it).

wintermute never needed to drive in England as he lived in Croydon, just south of London, and could get everywhere by public transportation. He had done a bit of driving on a temporary license there, but never got his full license before moving. And unfortunately I live in a more country-ish area, so now he needs to be able to drive before getting a job.

We've been out driving twice now. Yesterday we just did about 40 minutes worth in a parking lot so he could get used to the steering and the feeling of the car. He did pretty good though he did have a tendancy to veer to the left a bit.

Today I took him back to that parking lot and then we headed out to do some small roads to start out on. He did really well and after a while we even tried a stint on a state route. He's got a few things to improve on, but overall he's doing really well.

And to be honest, I think I'm doing better than I thought *I* would. I know it's really hard as a parent to teach your kids how to drive, but there's a part of me that thinks it's harder to teach your spouse. I mean it's not like I can talk to him in a really authoritative tone. I have to be careful to correct without demeaning him. But I seem to be doing OK so far...

- famous