About Time
I thought it might be about time that I posted another blog entry, even though it’s rather obvious that I won’t be posting every day in August now. I started off the first week, and then ran out of things to talk about. I guess that happens when every day is the same old shit, day in and day out.
I don’t mean to complain – I love my life right now; I have a great job, a wonderful home, a loving husband and all those things that make life awesome – but I still feel like I’m lacking something. I don’t like routine, and thus my job tends to get me down. Not because of the work, but because of the routine I have to go through every day: get up, have breakfast, have a shower, brush teeth, do hair, put on makeup, get ass out the door, then go to work, lunch at 12:00, back to work, go home, eat dinner, browse the net, go to bed. Rinse and repeat.
I think I’ll feel better about everything once I get my provisional licence (Ps)– I will be able to drive to work and not have to rush my mornings (another thing I hate is rushing and being put on a time limit). I’m halfway to getting my Ps now – over halfway, in fact – and my dad mentioned to my mum that I’m “driving bloody good”, so to get Dad’s tick of approval means a lot, and gives me that much more confidence. I have to do 50 hours supervised driving, and I’ve got 23hrs 45mins left now. If I do three hours driving a week, I should be ready by mid-October. And considering we’re nearly in September already now, that’s not too far to go.
I do worry that I’m going to fail the test, but it’s not so much the failure of the test as losing the money I would have spent to take the test – it’s almost $76 to book and take the test, and if they find something wrong with your vehicle, you automatically fail before you even drive! Then, you lose that money and have to wait 28 days before you can go again. So that’s my main concern in this whole ordeal. Otherwise, I’m pretty confident. Do need to work on parking though, particularly reverse parking. I think the odds are in my favour, because I’m older than most people going for their Ps (22 rather than 17 or 18), and chances are I’ll be taking the test in my work clothes, which means I’ll look a little more professional than most. And while that shouldn’t matter, I think it will play a part in making me appear a responsible, sensible adult (which I like to think I am!).
I’m really looking forward to the freedom driving will give us. I mean, not having to rely on someone to take us to and from the grocery store will be awesome!
Anyway, there’s my ramble for today, to keep you up-to-date.
