I Need Professional Help! (with driving)

I thought I would be so much better at driving now. I'm not comprehending as fast as I would like to. Maybe I need to go to school. I mean driving school. A good one.

When I was coming home from driving I saw the people setting up for their yard sales. I was happy that I was not having one.

I did a little research through yelp. I mostly found bad reviews of the local schools or no reviews at all. Maybe I'll check yahoo local.

Why Can't You!?

I have mentioned before that I can be embarrassed or humiliated into doing things. Anyway this is one that usually works on me to some degree. The "Person X can do this so why can't you!?" statement. My dad and various educators have used this on me all the time. It can be taken to the extreme and absurd. Like "Bears hibernate during the winter so why can't you!?"

I had a funny idea about driving too bad it can't be like the way my dad gets tech support. I'd drive a car with another person in it (who can drive), and then when something is too hard for me to do. I just scream at the person to do the thing for me.

I had this really strange dream about (domestic) cats. They were really strong and really smart. They kept trying to get me.

Try to Bolt

My last blog was a bit off... August is a tough month for me. I'm back...sort of. I practiced driving some more. I'm still having problems I bolted out of a parking lot. (nothing happened though) I'm getting better little by little. I'm still having problems turning the wheel.

Just for fun I decided to look up my old driving school online just to see what people have written about it. There are no yelp reviews on it, but citysearch has some. There were 6 and 4 of them were positive. I think the positive reviews were written by paid employees. I still haven't checked yahoo local.

Driving and Doggie

I drove today! Well sort of. I was driving up and down the driveway. The driveway where I live is long. I was practicing in it. I had to make sure I stopped with enough space not to hit the Buick. Even if I"love tapped" it. That's a phrase from the People's Court.

There was this cute little dog who got into the yard. It looked puppyish. It was a light brown color with white marks. It almost went in the house. Eventually it went back to wherever it belonged. It must be a puppy. The yelping was bothering my dad of course. I have a feeling this is going to be a bad month. I can sense it.

Beyond Rusty

Yesterday I thought I would go out and try to practice driving again. I thought I was rusty. It was beyond that! I forgot like everything! At least I wasn't riding the curb. I just couldn't get adjusted to the car. I hadn't practiced driving in it. My dad got rid of the old car I use to practice in. I almost double footed it. This is going to be harder than I thought. In case anybody is curious I didn't practice driving in that junky Buick.

Get in the Car

On Saturday I was pretending to drive until my mom caught me. There was no key in the ignition or anything; plus as I was pretending to drive I was singing “Driving Lesson”. She wanted to know what I was doing and singing.

My cousin gave a silly idea what if there was a Garbage version of Rock Band or Guitar Hero? That would be such a cool game. You know what I wouldn’t mind a No Doubt version either. I’m not picky I’d take either.

My mom asked me if I was embarrassed because a lot of um…kids who are like 10 years younger than me are learning how to drive. Maybe…a little. Well not being able to drive was my secret shame for many years until I announced that I couldn’t on my old blog. Plus knowing that Shirley didn’t know how to drive for a long time didn’t make me feel so bad.

I have no problem with learning all the written rules in the book and taking the written test.

Although I’m still a little discouraged and terrified of getting behind the wheel. I DO NOT want my dad to try and teach me how to drive again; he mostly just screamed at me and told me what I was doing wrong. Being in a car with him stresses me out; immensely. I really want to take a class a reputable driving school. The only reason I went to the one I originally went to was because it was cheap and it showed. I learned all these bad habits like riding the curb and pumping the break. I am very enthusiastic to start again all I need is the right teacher/program and some money to pay for it.

Which reminds me I should take a picture of myself pretending to drive a car? And then post it on all my profiles like a lot of people do? Maybe I should wear some cool sunglasses too.

I remembered another song I added to the play list since I heard it recently. “Damaged” by Danity Kane. I think I didn’t list that one because I didn’t really want anybody to know I like that song. It’s like a guilty pleasure. Most current pop music no matter how little of it I listen to is a guilty pleasure. If only I could find that list…