Drive Time!
I am afraid of driving.
I mean, really afraid of driving.Well, some people from my church (namely Leanne and Cheryl) decided it was time for me to get over myself and learn anyway. Obviously, I wasn’t too keen on the suggestion.But they persisted…And persisted…And persisted until I finally relented. So, today was my first driving lesson. Leanne is teaching me, and it’s not too bad. She is probably the best person in the world to teach me, too, since she is the essence of everything calm and controlled…which I am not when I drive. We drove around the parking lot, starting with only putting the car in drive and allowing it to cruise forward without the help of the gas pedal. After a time of cruising around and practicing stopping and starting (I can now stop a car without the jerky motion…most of the time), we practiced using the gas pedal and the brake and turning. That part ended up being most of the lesson, which was fine. There is a corner in the church parking lot that I have named The Corner of Doom because the turn there is relatively difficult to make for me. I always mess up in some way or another there. I also parked the car (okay, okay, it’s a minivan) in one of the spots and backed it up, too.Now for the casualties. I only scratched the car twice. Once when I was too close to a low-hanging branch that needs to be trimmed and once while parking the car. I didn’t know the curb was so high and the bottom of the car scraped against it…no big deal, though, because Leanne has done that, too. So the car survived (Hannah will be so disappointed).But overall, I had a surprisingly good time, despite the fact that I had to stop a few times and take a few deep breaths to relax myself. And I have homework: I have to look up the rules for someone without a driver’s licence or permit, for someone with just a permit, and for someone 18 and over with a license. I also need to pay attention when other people drive.I will probably have at least one lesson next week, possibly two.Posted via web from I Search For You On The Horizon | Comment »
