30th May 2006 1st Driving lesson
Ok I have just decided to do a blog on my driving lessons so far as you can see by the date this has been posted it is a while back so I may miss bits out that I forget.
It's the day of my first ever driving lesson I have been looking forward to this for ages as my instructor was going on holiday when I booked this so she has recently come back. First I have to go to work at an after school club the man who should be working with me doesn't turn up I have 4 children on my own luckerly they are well behaved but the morning drags on, maybe cos I keep looking at the clock willing it to get to 1.00pm when the woman I work with will be here and I can rush home for driving. 1.00pm finally comes no one here I start getting impatient cos I think I will be late for driving, finally the woman arrives 10 mins late and says she was stuck in traffic. Yea yea well whatever I'm going, My mum texts me twice telling me not to be running cos I got to cross busy road she knows how exited I am. I run for the bus trying to calm down telling myself its not the end of the world if I am late as there will be plenty more lessons to come. The bus seems to take forever at 2.00pm I get off bus run home my instructor has just arrived. I rush in to put my work bag in and get everything I need, far too exited and emotional.
I get in the car my instructor checks my provisional , I tell her I have delayed driving so long because I sometimes struggle to see the required distance so she says she will test me. (oh no that's all I need I'm emotional enough without being told I can't drive cos of my eyesight) Anyway she stops the car and asks me to read a number plate. No chance though I clean my glasses just in case forcing myself not cry (I'm thinking I will be told I cant see the distance so no point learning to drive) My instructor moves the car slightly closer this time I can read it I'm so happy my instructor says she will test me again in a few week. (I decide that I will do anything possible to improve my eyesight as I even now can't bear the thought of not driving.
We go to a quiet road where we swap seats my instructor says this lesson is going to be mostly talking and at the end I will get a quick go at starting and stopping the car. She explains in detail everything to do and check when you first get in the car, she goes through the pedals and everything. I sit there thinking yes yes I understand what's next bit getting impatient waiting to drive. Finally she tells me to start engine and goes through how to get car moving. Now for the first time I get slightly nervous but still more exited. I magage to start and stop the car twice quite well without stalling my instructor was pleased and said a lot of people stall it on first lesson but said I will sooner or later. My instructor then asks when I would like my next lesson, I say tomorrow but she says Friday is earliest so I say ok Friday then she then says she has a space tomorrow so which one do I want. I ask if she can do both she seems surprised and says yes. That it then both. Can't wait.
It's the day of my first ever driving lesson I have been looking forward to this for ages as my instructor was going on holiday when I booked this so she has recently come back. First I have to go to work at an after school club the man who should be working with me doesn't turn up I have 4 children on my own luckerly they are well behaved but the morning drags on, maybe cos I keep looking at the clock willing it to get to 1.00pm when the woman I work with will be here and I can rush home for driving. 1.00pm finally comes no one here I start getting impatient cos I think I will be late for driving, finally the woman arrives 10 mins late and says she was stuck in traffic. Yea yea well whatever I'm going, My mum texts me twice telling me not to be running cos I got to cross busy road she knows how exited I am. I run for the bus trying to calm down telling myself its not the end of the world if I am late as there will be plenty more lessons to come. The bus seems to take forever at 2.00pm I get off bus run home my instructor has just arrived. I rush in to put my work bag in and get everything I need, far too exited and emotional.
I get in the car my instructor checks my provisional , I tell her I have delayed driving so long because I sometimes struggle to see the required distance so she says she will test me. (oh no that's all I need I'm emotional enough without being told I can't drive cos of my eyesight) Anyway she stops the car and asks me to read a number plate. No chance though I clean my glasses just in case forcing myself not cry (I'm thinking I will be told I cant see the distance so no point learning to drive) My instructor moves the car slightly closer this time I can read it I'm so happy my instructor says she will test me again in a few week. (I decide that I will do anything possible to improve my eyesight as I even now can't bear the thought of not driving.
We go to a quiet road where we swap seats my instructor says this lesson is going to be mostly talking and at the end I will get a quick go at starting and stopping the car. She explains in detail everything to do and check when you first get in the car, she goes through the pedals and everything. I sit there thinking yes yes I understand what's next bit getting impatient waiting to drive. Finally she tells me to start engine and goes through how to get car moving. Now for the first time I get slightly nervous but still more exited. I magage to start and stop the car twice quite well without stalling my instructor was pleased and said a lot of people stall it on first lesson but said I will sooner or later. My instructor then asks when I would like my next lesson, I say tomorrow but she says Friday is earliest so I say ok Friday then she then says she has a space tomorrow so which one do I want. I ask if she can do both she seems surprised and says yes. That it then both. Can't wait.
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