I passed!

I am now the proud owner of a WA motorcycle license. Of course, that means I had to exchange my CA license for a WA one, but oh well. This one says military instead of an expiration date, so one perk is that I won't have to worry about renewing it every 5 years while my hubby remains in the military.
The class was a lot of fun. I'm really glad I took it. Thursday was the in-class session for 4 hours where we learned safety and where the controls on a motorcycle are. The teacher got us involved, so we weren't just lectured at. I learned a lot more this way and passed the written exam on Saturday with a 98%! I only missed one question out of 50. Also on Saturday we did our first 5 hours of riding. I was so sore by the end of this day which was ended with another 4 hour class session. 9 hours! We rode another 5 hours Sunday and tested. I was still sore from the day before, but was a lot more comfortable on the bike. We did some complicated stuff this day such as quick breaking and "the box"....*shudders* I hate "the box." It was even on the test. I thought I failed because I went out of the lines, but I did well on everything else, so I passed anyways. Almost everyone messed up on the box too.

I was the only one to scrape their foot peg on the cornering too. Apparently that's a good thing cuz the instructor said it was AWESOME! It scared the shit out of me when it happened, but luckily I didn't panic and finished the turn and came to a perfect stop. I'm so proud I made it through this course. I was the only girl to even make it to testing. There were 3 others in the beginning...so I really felt the pressure to pass.