Little Dragon behind the wheel - film at 11

[sethrak]

"It feels as though I had been steeling myself to batter down some unscalable wall. And then, when I finally took a deep breath and put my head down and charged, it just... fell, all in a heap, like that. And now I'm stumbling around in the dust and the bricks, blinking. I feel very unbalanced." - Ekaterin Vorsoisson, Komarr, by Lois McMaster Bujold.

A trifle off balance, but exhilarated. :D As davner noted, I finally got my driver's license this morning. All that time I spent being afraid, fretting that I'd fail, not once, but repeatedly, before passing the road test - and I passed with flying colors on the first try. Only thing I missed was using the turn signal to pull into the parking slot in the DMV lot at the end of the test.

I'm still not ready to night-drive solo. But I can definitely handle the usual round of home to K-mart and back, home to Langley and back, and home to the mall and back. I even drove Dav to that auto parts store - somewhere I had never been - without a hitch. Normally I freak a bit when driving somewhere new.

In short: Go me!

Comments

[thoth-of-nd.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

Congrats!

[isisamour.livejournal.com]

I knew you could do it! The funny thing is that When I took my test, I passed with flying colors on the first try...the only point taken off was because I forgot to put my blinker on to turn into the parking spot at the end of the test! :)

[frail-obscurity.livejournal.com]

Congratulations. :)

I took my driver's test about eight years ago now, and sometimes I wonder if I took it now if I'd pass. There's so much of the technical stuff I don't remember. Oh well, not like I have anything to drive anymore anyways. :p

Happy driving.