First Driving Instruction

I am so stoked right now. Just got back from my first skills test driving a bus. We did an air brake test, straight backing, offset backing both ways, right and left turns ( a few snow banks were in mortal danger here), and I parallel parked a bus twice without killing any cones. Yeah!! 

I did not turn the bus on its side.  Can't seem to figure photo rotation out in blogger.

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