Adri at the wheel 1
I must admit that the advantages of driving seem obvious to me, especially considering that I have a car, work in Lindora (and live in San Pedro). On weekends, I have to drive all the way to Naranjo (which is not the end of the world, but I can think of many better ways to spend my time). And well, after a couple of stressful incidents over the weekend, I finally decided I had to do something about my inability to drive…
So off I went… enrolled in driving school, my first lesson, terrified to the bone, with my lack of coordination, lack of reflexes, spatial problems, etc, etc … that have never allowed me to even ride a bike decently… a whole Everest for whoever the instructor was… oh, and let’s not talk about my inability (and discomfort) to interact with people I don’t know … if the project is successful, I’ll have overcome like 5 traumas at once :P
It’s been the longest hour of my life, I sweated more than in a dance class (and that’s saying a lot), the state of the car is one that I’m afraid to stare at it for too long and it will disintegrate :P, the instructor tells me: “the clutch, the brake, the accelerator” (while pointing at the pedals) “get it out” and I’m like:| ooookeeey
And well, since I had tried to use a car before, I managed to get the famous car out, the instructor tells me “we’re not going to stop here because there are too many cars” :| ooooooookeeeeeeey why did you bring me to learn to drive where there are many cars?!?!?!
After that, the instructor focuses on making me stop and go around the block where we were for almost the entire hour, the instructor gets mad at anything, even if I stop at a stop sign :| … and spends most of the time talking on the phone :S, and on top of that, every time I see a car too close, they honk or this crazy person yells at me (and they told me to learn in a school because people you know who teach you get hysterical) I literally jump in my seat :( I can’t imagine what it will be like to go out on the street :( I think I’ll need zen meditation so I don’t have a heart attack.
And so I’ve survived my first lesson… thinking it’s only an hour a day… and that there are only 14 hours left, and above all, thinking about all the things I can do if I survive those 14 hours of torture :( … send good vibes to the world thinking of me… if I survive, I’ll take you for a ride ;)