It is time. Nearly eight months ago I took the learner’s permit test at the DMV. After one failed attempt (NERVES and that damn trick question!), I passed. I refuse to take that test again until I need to re-do my license, far far in the future. I hated that test. I hate ALL tests. Even if I know the material, something about being tested just HITS me and my brain wipes clear of all the material I’d just memorized.

Anyway. Since I have a year until it expires (meaning I have until this May to get my license), I’d been putting it off. Well, no longer. My annoyance at my lack of freedom and my anxiousness at being a burden to family has made me decide to take the next logical step.

This weekend, I am signing up for driving lessons! I’m going to drop 300 bucks and take the 6 hours/ 3 lesson class- the minimum a minor has to take before getting their license. I figure, if it’s good enough for the kids, why not for my old ass?

On top of that, I have been watching YouTube videos of driving tests (and trying to desensitize myself to the cold burst of fear that hits me when I see a test beginning, hoping I’ll get used to it), asking all my friends and family what THEY did in their driving tests, I’m polling the best place to TAKE the driving test (and I’ll need to scout out that location, too), and the best time (Early morning? What about morning traffic? Late afternoon? No, people coming home from work. Hm).

Anyway, this is all to say: Next week- driving lessons. Next month, new license? MAYBE!