My first drive on my own

As you may remember, last summer I bought a card (or half of it, anyways) without actually being able to drive. Well, since then I've practiced a lot, although not as much or as regularly as I should have.

Because I already have my licence, there is no test to pass, no authority to tell me I'm good enough to drive by myself. And since I'm a wuss, I have been putting it off, always feeling like I'm just not a good enough driver yet.

However, yesterday I drove alone for the very first time! Well, it was a really short drive, I was only going to get a parking space. But because our street was full, I had to drive a LITTLE while to find a good space.

It seemed like a good idea at the time, I have learned how to parallell park, and it should be a piece of cake. However, I tried two different spots and I just could not parallell park! So in the end I just gave up and found a place where I could just drive straight in. More parallell parking practice for me in the future, I think. :)

I have to say it's hard re-learning how to drive at this age. I am much more of a wuss now. I can't remember thinking much about the huge responsibility driving is back when I first got my licence.... But I do think about it now, all the time!

I just have to start driving alone and get used to it. It's totally stupid being too scared to drive without someone supervising me. So I'll take a few lessons from a professional driver's ed teacher and get his opinions on how I'm driving. And I'll be good and practice parking a lot more (no use being able to drive if you can't park the car!), and then I'll start driving seriously. It is about time!