Heyla!
It's been a while. I won't apologize, because that's not a good way to start out something. But I have missed this, just a little. And I've been urged to continue for a while, so~ Thanks, and I'll try to write a little more often. :P
Lately I've been stuck driving by myself for about 2 hours every weekend or so. (This weekend, my boyfriend drove, and subsequently damaged his car. I'm sure he'll post about that.) I'm thinking I want to do a blog post about my driving experience.
I have a long time to just think by myself. It helps me untangle my thoughts, but it also helps to jumble my thoughts. I can roll the windows down and sing at the top of my lungs. I frequently have a sore throat by the time I make it to my mom's house, since I can't help singing along if it's a really good song.
But I often end up finding 'partners' in the other cars. They match my speeds, or I match theirs, and then we journey for a surprisingly long time together. Sometimes we play skip frog, where I'll pass them, then they'll pass me, and we'll follow each other. It feels fun and somewhat safer than speeding along by oneself does. I imagine that I can guess something of their personalities when this happens, because they feel like new friends.
On some rare occasions, I end up 'leading' cars (numbers range from 2-20) because I'm going the most acceptable speed, so no one bothers to pass me. I always get nervous and start to feel responsible for them, so I'll go into the slower lane (when there isn't cars in the way). But then they (or at least a few of them, most of the time) follow me into the slower lane, and we stay with the same order of who's in front! It shocks me that I'm 'leading' when I'm only 21.
I think my driving has gotten a lot better. I managed to follow my mom, though I scolded her later about going too much over the speed limit for me when I had to speed to catch up to her as well. But neither she nor my aunt said anything bad about my driving when i drove them around. And neither she nor my sister said anything about my driving when they followed me to my apartment a while back.
My roomie said that my driving isn't bad, though it's occasionally a little scary. But she also said that everyone's driving is a little scary sometimes. But bf says it's ok as well. I think it's a ton smoother, and I always work on switching lanes, and signalling, and anything else that occurs to me when driving by myself. I think of it as an opportunity to practice. But then no one ever really comments on my driving anymore, so I guess it's just becoming 'meh'. Makes me not really want to drive.
I like this song because of the imagery and revenge.
