What eles can it be called?

As many of you know, I am diabetic. Well, this last August, I recieved an insulin pump (a $6600 tiny machine which I got FREE from the sponsership of Minimed and Variaty Club).
So, this is the pump.
1. The place where the battery goes (it only takes a triple a battery and it lasts for approximatly 2 months!)
2. This is the screen (obviously). You can't see it on this one but along the top, it shows me the time, how much battery power is left, and how much insulin is left. It's also where you see things like the menu.
3. This is where the insulin is stored. You can put up to 300 units in there which will last me for approximatly 5-6 days.
4. This button brings you the menu. There's way to many things in the menu so I won't bother listing them all. Also, if I want to give myself some insulin, I press this button and it will do what I ask.
5. This button is the escape button. Obviously you press it to get out of a screen that you no longer want to be in. If you press it on the main screen, then it will show you things like the date, exactly how much insulin is left, how much time you have left before you have to change it...etc.
6. You would push this button if you want to give yourself some insuline. When you press it, it asks you how many carbs you are eating and what your blood sugar is at. When you finish putting that in, it shows you how much you should give yourself. After that, you push the Act button (#4).
7. This, and the next button, you use to put in what your blood sugar is and how many carbs you're going to eat and scroll up and down and menu. If you press this button on the main screen, it will beeb at you. Each beep signifies 1 unit of insulin. It's just a fast way of giving yourself some insulin.
8. If you press this button on the main screen, a backlight comes on.

So, now that you know how it works and what it looks like, I will get to the whole point of this post. When you look at this pump, if you don't know what it is, what do you think it is? Well, here's a list of all the thing that it has been called:

1. an mp3 player
2. an ipod
3. a pager
4. a phone
5. a step counter
6. a tuner
7. (only 1 person has got this one) an insulin pump

Driving

So, for the past, oh lets just say, year, my friends have been pushing me to start driving. Course, I've had my "L" for almost a year, since May 18, 2005. Since then, I have driven a grand total of one time. For half an hour. At Hatzic Lake, which, if you've been there, is one long straight road with no signs or other cars. So, it's pretty much not going to help me any.

It's not that I don't want to drive because I do. It's just that I don't want to drive with my mom just yet (mostly because I'm scared I'll get mad at her and start yelling at her, as almost always happens when we are together and she tries telling me to do something). So, the only other person in the family that can take me driving is my dad. And he leaves for work before 7 in the morning and then gets back at 5, which he then sits infront of the TV and has his mate (a South American tea). After that, we have dinner, which makes him sleepy. So, he's either in bed, sleeping, or infront of the fire, sleeping, by 7:30. Giving me no time to drive. Now, I don't want to blame it all on my dad, so the other thing is that the only car in our family that is not standard is my sister's car (an old K car). She's out most nights doing things like teaching piano. So, when my dad isn't tired, or sleeping, my sister is gone with her car.

So. Some of this has recently changed. Thanks to my big brother who totaled my dad's cube van (his work vehicle) my dad has gotten a new truck (F350...really nice truck). Oh, and get this: it's automatic. Meaning I can drive it! So, today, as all you know (hopefully), is Good Friday. Which means that my dad didn't go to work. So this afternoon, he surprised me and wanted to take me out driving. =) I got to drive a truck!! And a big one at that! It was kinda scary. But at the same time, really really fun. This being my first time driving, I wasn't that good. However as time went by, I think I got better (which is always a good thing). The one thing I really have to work on is my turning. I always seem to go over the lines. Oh well, I'll work on that.

Anyways, just thought that all you people that read this should know that I am actually trying. =)