First let me note that despite my penchant for hyperbole, I am not exaggerating. Here are the 10 things I have trouble with while I'm out learning how to drive:

1. Actually stopping at stop signs instead of having an internal monologue that goes like this (and then plowing right through them):

Oh, look, look! There's a stop sign! It says STOP, ( Read more... )

Tomorrow I'm going to post all of the insane problems I have operating motor vehicles that normal people have never even realized might be a problem. This is just a placeholder-reminder for myself.

-4:56 AM

Remember my crazy cousin, the one who threw herself out of a moving car and is now in jail? One of her older sisters (only 21, with absolutely NO MONEY, and a mama with NO MONEY, a daddy in jail, no job, and no babydaddy) had a baby today. She named her, get this, Bianca Marie. I'm glad it wasn't some weird soap opera name like Blakely or Peyton ( Read more... )

Just got back from driving for the second time. I was much better today, only ended up in lawns two or three times. Still the queen of brakes. And this time I didn't hijack the car and take it back home before my time was up, like I did last time. (What? I saw my street and got all homesick and took it home, it could happen to anyone!)

-1:03 PM

I almost forgot to post this, but today was my first driving lesson. My favorite part is the brake, I like brakes.

-4:38 AM

Today I had to attend a driver's class... er, thing? Where they tell you a bunch of statistics so you can get a permit? Dude, I sat there for four hours and I still don't know what I was there for. And I had to get up at 6:45. After about an hour's worth of sleep ( Read more... )