Woo-hoo!
I totally got my permit today. Plus, it turns out that I can get my license on my 17 & 1/2 birthday - not a provisional license, a full license - which also means that I bypass that whole "six-month" crap. So, if everything goes well, I'll be driving starting mid-July. Thank god - I didn't want to take a bus to CSU Long Beach every morning this September...