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Oh, Gods, nervous, nervous, nervous...
I have a driving lesson today. Now, I've had my license for over 10 years, so that isn't the problem, but I have never driven a standard transmission. I don't really count the fact that my daddy used to let me change gears when I was 7, though I thought it great fun ^^. One of my past visits, I had a one-hour lesson so I would feel comfortable driving over here for a road-trip, and I didn't enjoy it. It was my first time driving over here, my first time in a stick shift, and it was at night. I was panicky!
Afterward, I insisted that the car we rent for our road-trips be an automatic, and I did fine for all the driving, even over lots of desperately obscure places I'd never been to. But, now, I have got myself a fine, irrational mental block over standard transmission. In case you didn't know, the UK and US are opposite in terms of standard and automatic, with almost everything being standard here. When I get my UK license, if I take the test in an automatic, my license is only good for automatics. Also, the vehicle we will be getting is stick, so that would be damn useless. So...lesson today.
And, added atop my new near-panic attacks when I do go outside, mild agoraphobia and paranoia, I am in a state. Support and suggestions, if you have any, dears?
(And, if you know me well enough, you know it is damn hard to admit I can't do something, or can't do it well...*pathetic whimper*)
I have a driving lesson today. Now, I've had my license for over 10 years, so that isn't the problem, but I have never driven a standard transmission. I don't really count the fact that my daddy used to let me change gears when I was 7, though I thought it great fun ^^. One of my past visits, I had a one-hour lesson so I would feel comfortable driving over here for a road-trip, and I didn't enjoy it. It was my first time driving over here, my first time in a stick shift, and it was at night. I was panicky!
Afterward, I insisted that the car we rent for our road-trips be an automatic, and I did fine for all the driving, even over lots of desperately obscure places I'd never been to. But, now, I have got myself a fine, irrational mental block over standard transmission. In case you didn't know, the UK and US are opposite in terms of standard and automatic, with almost everything being standard here. When I get my UK license, if I take the test in an automatic, my license is only good for automatics. Also, the vehicle we will be getting is stick, so that would be damn useless. So...lesson today.
And, added atop my new near-panic attacks when I do go outside, mild agoraphobia and paranoia, I am in a state. Support and suggestions, if you have any, dears?
(And, if you know me well enough, you know it is damn hard to admit I can't do something, or can't do it well...*pathetic whimper*)