Yes, I did. And not without an adventure. I took the subway 45 min and grabbed a cab. I was 30 min early. After studying in the cab for 15 min, I realized that the 7 min cab ride had taken way too long. It was then that I found out that I had told the driver the wrong road. He turned around, but traffic was horrible and we sat and sat in traffic. It took us 15 more minutes to return to the place where we started from. Mark informed me that I had 15 min of grace time so I was hopeful I would get there right at the end of that. However, right after I noticed we were going the wrong way, I also heard on the radio that there was a fire at a very close address of the place I was going to take my drivers license. Sure enough, with 5 minutes left, the police were blocking off the road. I paid the cab driver and started to run the last 4 blocks, in the rain/snow. The air did smell like smoke, and I could see the hoses coming from the creek going to where I was coming from. As I neared the entrance, I had to push my way through the crowds to get to the entrance of the building. However, I got stopped by a police man saying that I could not go the 2 feet past him to get into the building. Safety. They got the caution tape and started pushing all of us back 200 yards.
After 20 minutes of trying to find another entrance(only one), and some sweet talking the cops(they wanted nothing to do with me), a little old lady grabbed me by the coat and took me down some windy alleyways behind the fire, and told me to run across the street!! I must admit I was a bit afraid to break the law, but when the policeman saw what I was doing, he actually gave me a quick motion to keep on going. However, once I got to the gate I saw that it was closed. They were not letting anyone out of the building either!! So I had to climb the gate to enter the complex.
Once inside, I ran up the 4 flights of stairs to find the place empty besides the workers. She listened to my sob story and let me take the test!!! First she showed me out the window the smoke that was pouring out of a building across the street. Then I took the drivers test and passed! 95 out of 100.
Okay, that was way too long. But, I don't get many adventures of that type anymore. Let me live a little, will you?
4 comments:
Whoa! What a crazy story. Hope you sleep well when you hit the pillow tonight! Way to pass! Man- they have some crazy driving rules!
I love you, ps! We need to just make a date to make that phone call happen!
Yes I will. I will let you live a little and that made me laugh. I could just hear you saying it! Love you!
shut up. wish i could have seen you climb the gate. congrats
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