Emma Thurston: Permitted Driver

Okay, it's actually not that big of a deal, I know. But hey? Who cares if I'm excited? Let me be excited (and scared to death! ahh!)! I took the test today. It was super different than Saturday. I mean, the questions were alike and everything, but this run seemed easier. I don't know. I was probably just better prepared. Anyway, you have to get at least 80% to pass. The first time I got 72% and today I got 80%! I cut it real close but at least I passed! :) Super awesome. I was so worried. In the middle of the test I had like 6 wrong out of 27 and I was thinking OH MY GOSH I can't miss another question or else I'm going to get a 79 percent! I was sure I'd get a 79 percent, just because life works that way. But nope. I passed. :) HURRAY!

The Power of Hello

I am amazed at the power of greeting people lately. All our lives we are taught to say hello to people when we see them, just out of common courtesy. It's the natural thing to do. Of course, we normally only do this to people we know. But Kimberly and I have began saying hello to people we hardly know at all, and guess what? We have like.. ten more friends than we used to have.

How are we supposed to make friends if we don't introduce ourselves, y'know? I was thinking about that today. For example, a few months ago at one of our Tri-Stake Dances, Kimberly asked Albert if he remembered her from when they were kids. Since then me and Kimberly have not only become better friends with him but with a few of his friends that also go to the dances. Another example is Keenan, who I met at Ceana's 16th birthday party. I sat down and before even Ceana had greeted me, Keenan, who I had never met at the time, said, "Hi, I'm Keenan." Now, it's really just a friendly gesture. You meet someone and you say hi and you get on with your life. But if he hadn't have been so friendly from the start, we probably wouldn't be good friends right now. Just aquaintances that met at a party.

So basically all I'm saying is, if you want to talk to someone or make a friend, say HELLO for goodness sakes! Oh my goodness gracious! It makes a difference. It really does.