get a driving license

My evening school has a “Dutch language for the driving theory test” class starting in September, so that might be just the thing for me:-) I emailed them for info, so I’ll see what the details are…
It sounds more interesting (and useful!) than learning all the stupid grammar anyway :-)

When we were in New-Zealand my boyfriend had to do all the driving cos I can’t drive at all… He didn’t complain about it or anything, but I felt what I was missing. Also for everyday life, I always have to ask him to bring me it’s a pain… Well for some stuff I can take the bus or tram but it’s not always practical out of the city centre…

I’ve been putting this off for a long time now..making excuses such as that there’s been no time because of school/uni, and every so often when a transport problem arises, I think to myself “I wish I had my driver’s licence”.
Another reason I want to get it is because I don’t have any ID when I’m out to prove that I’m overage, been a great inconvenience.

I will just have to grit my teeth and go for it this year, or I will end up not getting one ever. I have my learner’s permit. I need to put my social phobias behind me for a little while and just get out there and do it. I won’t ever have the independence I want without this one. Course, afterwards I will need to get a car of my own…but one step at a time!

Well, my calendar is starting to remind me that I had promised myself to do it in the beginning of the year, when my amount of work will lower and I will have more time to focus in these kind of things.

So, time to make a plan for it…although…hey, don’t take it as an excuse for avoid confronting my fears (another big goal I have), but I think I’m gonna leave it for the last part of the season, in june and july. Those are the months where I have less work and it will definetely be a good idea to do it while I have my mind “only” in this goal. So, it’s a deal. On Mai I start planning it and I do it on June. :-D

passed basic theory test! :D

The 19th is the date for this to be achieved. My driving test is then. This means I’m going to have four hours of lessons a week. This plus nagging my dad to get me on the road. Finally going to get this.

3, 2, 1, seatbelt..on…lights…shining bright…ignition!

I did it! I drove for the first time in my life!

Unexpectedly, my cousins proposed me to take my first unofficial driving lesson in an empty and solitaire parking lot.
They teached me the basics, the pedals, the gears aaaand…here I went, riding slower than a snail, on the cold asfalt of Tarragona.

Well, true, I shouldn’t call that “driving” (no cars, no people I can run over) but man, that feeling…the world rolling under my wheels.

Funny when, as they were teaching me how to park, a police car passed by staring at our strange behaviour. My cousins asked me nervously to park it fast and easy and…I did it! No one got hurt, no one ended up in jail so I can be proud of myself :-)

So, next step? Keep practicing in those conditions so I can start taking “real” classes with more self-confidence.

I’m really frustrated with the pace my driving lessons/test have been going. I’m doing everything I can to make it work now. There should be no excuses, I have just over a week to brush up my skills and get it. It doesn’t help that my dad chooses to use driving lessons as a great time to have intense debates and his own neglect of the car, for which I am upbraided. The way I see it is I can watch Tony’s DVDs/software and re-read the high way code. Thank god there isn’t much work coming in now. I need my dad to thrash it out with my everyday to overcome my latent fear of the dread duel carriage way and that other random place he takes me. All these things will help me. I will get it.

my driving exam was pretty stressful.
but I did it!
I get 90/100 (:
I have my license to drive now.
I don’t feel like I can drive the car in the traffic stream I think I need to practise more.
driving’s fun!