No Longer Defensive

Last night was the first of a two part Defensive Driving Course. I am taking it through AARP and they decided to change the name of it to "Smart Driver's Course". I guess that when you are over 55, they no longer expect you to be defensive and the best they can hope for is smart. I saw some of the same people that had attended three years ago. One couple is friends of my family and it was so nice to see how good they looked. Even though there was only a few minutes to chat, it was the most interesting part of the evening. The instructor had aged a bit and he read parts of the book incorrectly. No one corrected him, so I do not know if they were being kind, never noticed or just didn't care. I sat next to my brother in law who likes to be class clown. He made me laugh so much that I choked on my water and stopped breathing. I ran into the hallway to regain my breath, hoping that if I collapsed, a younger person would find me. The people in the class were all older than me and might not have been able to see the numbers on their phone to dial 911. I quickly regained consciousness and went back in. I slowly fell back into the coma when the instructor was explaining that a red light means to stop.