Rehab Center Clinical Assessment a Success!

This morning Jason and I headed back to the Rehab Center. Man, we were there in January but it seems like a lifetime ago that he was in rehab. We run into our social worker Elly there and she was so happy to see us! Such good people there. We head upstairs and meet Lynn at the Driver Rehabilitation office. For the next two hours Jason undergoes a battery of tests. He starts by doing paper tests. Finding a bell (graphic) on a page of graphics, running his pencil from 1 - 2- 3 etc as fast as he can, then doing 1 -A - 2 - B etc (he actually did better on that second part and she had never seen that before), then he does some finding the difference stuff and then he answers questions about what he would do in certain traffic situations - he answered like he was a book. I was impressed. Then he moved on to the simulator where he did quite well of course. At one point Lynn asked why he was smiling and I said "because he is behind a wheel!".
When he was done she said he did well. A good score on her scale is 50% and he scored a 76%! So his road test is next Thursday with a driving instructor and Lynn will sit in the back and score him. He has to use their Chevy Impala (it has a dual brake) and he'll first drive in the residential area, then heavy traffic and then the highway. He is looking forward to it.
When we left he said at the doors of the rehab "I cannot wait to get to get behind the wheel!". He was so expressive and talkative after that. Of course then he went back to being his quiet self again (later) but it was so great to see him so happy. The other day we were talking over a coffee and he started to cry. Tears of happiness. He told me that I was beautiful and that he loved me so much. Of course me being so classy said "it's about time you finally admitted to appreciating me". That made him grin and then I told him it was wonderful to see tears of happiness, they are welcome at any time. Beauty comes forward even over coffee.