This may or may not come as a complete shock to some of you but, I do not have a driver's license. *Gasp* There I said it. I cannot legally drive nor can I actually drive. You know how some people know how to drive but they have had their license taken away or they live in a big, busy city with public transportation and don't really need to drive? Yeah, that's not me. I have only driven a handful of times in my life and that was in an empty parking lot. The story of why I don't have a license is kind of long, but I'll share it with you because this is my blog and I can do what I want. :)
I took driver's ed. in high school. After school however many hours it was. I took my temporary test and had a temporary license. When it came time to schedule for the driving part of class I had so many things already planned that summer that none of the times worked. Family vacation to Florida, camp counselor at summer camp for a week, mission trip to Ecuador. I decided to wait and schedule the driving part of class during the school year. By this time, Ohio changed their laws and required more class hours. Instead of doing that, I decided to just wait until I was 18 and not have to deal with any of that. Besides most of my friends were getting their licenses and Jesse, my boyfriend then, would also have his soon.
Fast forward to today and I still don't have a license. I think as the years have gone by the fear of the unknown has taken over me and now it terrifies me to think of driving. I just kind of brushed it off and used excuses like "I'm too busy", "I don't have a car anyways so what's the point of having a license", etc. Now I'm just scared, plain and simple. On top of that I feel guilty that I can't always take my kids and do fun things with them and have to depend on people to pick us up and take us places. I'll make the goal to go and get my temporary license again and many people have offered to help me, but I just can't get over that fear.
Right now I just feel trapped, in the house and in my fear.
Maybe once you finish school? You do have a lot going on right now.
ReplyDeleteFor the record... I don't mind taking you places! You're a fun girl!
The answer to this is simple: Move to Pennsylvania for three months, get your license, and then move back to Ohio and transfer your PA license there. You don't have to take classes in Pennsylvania; you just have to manage to parallel park your car between four cones once and then drive around the block without mowing over an old lady. Easy.
ReplyDeleteIf it makes you feel any better, I can drive but am so intimidated by parallel parking that I never go anywhere unless my living-in-sin partner drives. I never had to do it (except during the driver's test) until I moved to a bigger city, and now I can't go anywhere unless there's a parking lot. That doesn't really exist in Pittsburgh, so I spend most of my time chillin' in my office playing computer games and reading your and Trischa's blogs.
But don't be too afraid. You can start out by driving around a cemetery that has a lot of curvy roads running through it. I learned that way before I got my permit. Then, when I felt comfortable, I got the permit and had my dad take me driving in the country. And after I got comfortable with that, he took me into the city. Just start out slowly and don't allow anyone to pressure you into progressing until you're comfortable.