A few hours ago I took my first “driving lesson” since my neurologist told me I could drive. I say “driving lesson” because I just took to the wheel when the car was in the building’s parking lot and drove it down to the indoor parking.
I sat down, moved the seat a little bit forward, the person who was driving before is a little bit taller than me. Then I pulled the emergency off and put the car in drive. I thought I was doing a good job, I remembered to do all the things the driving instructor told me back when I was 16 told me but I wasn’t sure which was the accelerator and the brake. It’s not that I didn’t know, I just didn’t remember.
As soon as I figured that out I started moving, really slowly but we were moving. To get to the indoor parking lot you have to go down a ramp, ramp with a curve, which was kind of nerve wrecking but at least it has a mirror where you can see if there’s a car coming in the other direction. I was going a little too fast on there because I was stepping on the accelerator, not the break; I forgot there’s a thing called gravity helping there.
Once I let go of the accelerator and was n the indoor parking lot it was a little bit easier because it was just a straight line with only a few street bumps to make sure you don’t go too fast, it is a parking lot after all, but I was going really slowly just to be safe. When I got to our spot I was able to drive it in directly between the lines, not hitting the column next to it. I was lucky there were no cars on either side because I have been worried about being able to park there.
I turned off the air conditioner, lights, put it in parking and turned it off. Then as I got off I checked if it was between the lines, not hitting anything; then I took some pictures of my amazing parking and celebrated my accomplishment.
My driving instructor, Jose, told me I did a very good job for not driving in 5 years and gave me a C. I am very happy with my C, I got a passing grade and I didn’t expect anything more, I mean I didn’t remember which was the brake and the accelerator and I was hitting the accelerator while going down a ramp.
I am very happy with the job I did today, even if it was small and I’m ready for next time!
Reblogged this on Unstoppable María and commented:
Wow, it took me a year to start taking this seriously and really try to learn how to drive. If you haven’t already, check out how my driving lessons are going in my Driving Lessons posts.
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