Day 8: The Bank

I went shopping with my friend Kaitlyn yesterday and I needed money and I went to the bank to get more $ out of my account. Let's just say left turns aren't a strength of mine. I'm pretty good at everything else but left turns are....hard? I can't even describe it. I don't know why I don't like them. Maybe it's crossing agains traffic, maybe it's just scary, I don't even know. But turning out of the bank and going back home was...difficult. Left turns are no fun.

-Meg

Day 7: Out Of Town

We drove to Aberdeen and back today! It wasn't too hard considering it was a straight shot from my house. 543 is a reeeeeeally long road.

We passed a school bus and I didn't freak out! Haha! I was afraid maybe I would ;) you know, because of my accident...yeah.....

I made a U-Turn as well! It was easier than I thought it would be but kind of confusing. Also, I keep overestimating my turns. Turning into my street I was all over the left lane. Luckily there were no cars out and about.

Wanna know something annoying? When you stop at a red light and just as you stop it immediately turns green! It happened at almost every light we stopped at! Soo frustrating.

All in all, I'm getting better. I can't wait to see where we go tomorrow!

-Megan

Day 6: Big Circles

Today we drove on the real real road. Yes, I know, driving on any road is the real road. But today was the really real road. Like where there's the church and Safeway and stuff!

We started at the high school and drive on 543 until we got to the main intersection where the Rite Aid is. We drove all the way down that road past Applebee's until we got to the fire house. I turned at the light, drove down that road until we got to route 1 and drive back to the school. We did that twice but the second time around we went to CVS to get my sister's prescription. I parked perfectly in between the lines!!!! :)

Today wasn't too bad. I drove really well and didn't give Dad whiplash. Yay. :)

I'm getting better and less scared. Well, actually I am pretty scared until we're on the road. Then I calm down and just drive. It's getting progressively easier :)

-Megan

Day 5: Getting Progressively Better

Today we drove on the real road again. Mostly just 543 though. We went around my neighborhood though a few times. That was okay but there's a lot of narrow medians on my street so that was hard :\

I'm getting a better feel for Dad's car. I'm getting better at knowing how close I am to the curb and stuff.

I even drove home. Like up through my culdesac. That was scary. Here weren't any people out but still. It's not a very wide road and a lot of the people on my street don't park in their driveways or garages. A lot of them park in the road. Which makes it even narrower :\ but oh well. I have to get used to it.

-Megan

Day 4: The Open Road

Today was the day. We went on the road. The real road.

Let me begin by saying it was terrifying. So incredibly scary. I got up to 40 mph on 543. It was scary because I kept drifting over into the right lane or off of the road. And then someone was turning into his neighborhood and I though he was gonna turn right away so I started slowing down but then Dad was like "No!!! Go!!!!" because apparently I had the right of way in that situation. Also, if there'd been a car behind me (there wasn't), they would have run right into me.

But it was exciting. I keep forgetting to look in my mirrors. It was scary.

I drove a total of 9.3 miles. Coooool :)

I don't know how long it will be before I can get used to that...hopefully not too long...

-Megan

Day 3: The Middle School

Instead of the high school parking lot, we went to SMS. That whole parking lot is one way though.

Tomorrow we're gonna drive on the real road at 7 AM. Dad said that parking lots are actually a lot harder then regular road because there's not as many awkward turns on the real road. That's somewhat of a relief.

We went to SMS for a different environment. It was weird...I haven't gone to the middle school in forever. There was someone there for a church thing and she kept smiling at me. It was kind of creepy. But it was sort of flattering. She didn't know who I was but she looked like she had complete faith that I wouldn't hit her ;)

I managed to drive completely smoothly. I didn't hit any curbs and there were not buses.

I parked a few times pretty straight. It was awesome :))

When Daddy and I switched spots for him to drive us home, he hit his knee on the steering wheel! It was really funny. I'm so much shorter than him that I had to move the seat up really far. :D

-Megan

Day 2: Panic Attack

Judging by the title of this post, I'm sure you can guess what happened.

Everything was going smoothly. We were in the parking lot at the school and I was driving very nicely and parked perfectly and stopped without giving Dad whiplash. And then...there was the bus.

There was a bus turning and I started slowing down but Dad said that I had the right of way so it was okay for me to keep driving. Well, the bus obviously didn't think so because he didn't slow down or stop or anything. I freaked out because I though he was gonna stop. I meant to slam on the breaks but I accidentally hit the gas and we hit a curb. Then I hit the break.

It was insanely scary. First of all, I was expecting the bus to stop or at least slow down a little because that's what I've seen others do with my mom driving in the past. That's not what happened though.

So I had my first scary experience behind the wheel. Let me just say, Carrie Underwood was wrong. Jesus DIDN'T take the wheel. I may be Jewish but still. :) ha ha.

We drove a little bit more after that. Just for like 10 mins though. That's okay. I was - and still am - shaking.

Quote of the Day: "Don't drive angry! DON'T DRIVE ANGRY!"
Haha :) from Groundhog Day :)

Daddy's blog is coming soon but still "under construction."

Love, Megan