I don’t mean to brag — OK, who am I trying to kid, I DO mean to brag — but this was a weekend of notable achievements in the Murphy Household. First off, my daughter spent her first two and a half hours behind the wheel of a car and she didn’t hit anything (if you don’t count the outside of my brain smacking the inside of my skull while she learned how to brake properly). We even spent more time on roads than parking lot. In fact, we both had fun – something that is getting harder to do for this father and teenage daughter duo. I learned an important lesson – don’t get too funny because when she’s giggling she’s not driving. We spent half an hour practicing right turns by driving around and around on a three street combo until we spent another half an hour practicing left turns by driving the other way. Then we drove to a couple of her friends houses just to show off.
While the father daughter combo was out and about, the mother son combo was in Jefferson City competing in the Missouri State K-9 Championship chess tournament where my son came in 4th in 6th grade and under. I taught him everything I know, and fortunately he picked up a lot more somewhere else. Yes, we own Searching for Bobby Fischer, why do you ask?
