Driving experiences of a newbie...

Hello ILites,
I have been following the 'snippets' for quite some time and am amazed at the variety of writing. The writings are funny, inspirational, informative and much more. I felt like contributing too, here goes my bit:
I have recently started driving all by myself, so thought of venturing on to the ‘unexplored’ streets as a driver. Had to return a particular cosmetic that I never dared to open, wonder why I bought it in the first place. Coming back to my exploration of the roads, started off from home, all was well, except at one particular left turn, was supposed to take a wider turn to reach the far right, well, me being me, ended on the close left road instead. Thought of changing the lane when there is an opportunity, little did I know that the right lane would get jam-packed and there wouldn’t be enough space to sneak in, and had no choice but to make a detour. This was the beginning of my journey of roundabouts! Parked my vehicle at a convenient spot, exchanged the item with some not-so trivial items and came out with a feeling of great accomplishment. After all, I drove to the place by myself, finished the work and was heading back to my car that was sitting pretty in the parking lot. Now, I had the task of getting out of the place and hitting the road that leads to my home. I backed the car but was skeptical of taking a right turn while reversing, instead made a left turn, made yet another detour and reached the road. Was supposed to take a U-turn, missed it (intentionally?), made a left turn and kept driving. I needed to make a left turn on one of the nearest roads before I went too far away from my home. Well, the roads had to be packed, since it was Friday evening, and people were rushing back home or wherever, or could be that I was given with an opportunity to hone my driving skills? (ya right!) . Finally, made a left turn on some unfamiliar road, and headed straight, was elated to find a familiar stadium. As I entered the stadium, the guard greeted me, I responded with a smile, well concealing the fact of me being a rookie:hide:. Drove inside the stadium cautiously, stopped at the sign; meanwhile I was passed by a speeding car, indicating I am slow. Hello! Aren’t we supposed to stop at the stop sign? Never mind if I was being extra cautions and stopped for a tad longer at the sign, isn’t patience a virtue? As I exited the stadium, I was thrilled to find a well acquainted road. I literally laughed out loud; guess I was impressed with myself as I almost came out of the mini escapade unscathed. I was flying high in the sky and the inevitable happened, I missed to notice the signal ahead of time, almost jumped the red signal, had to hit the brakes hard, when reality hit me, and thud, I hit the ground err road . Eventually, I reached my home sweet home, after an hour of adventure. The store is around half a mile from my home and is supposed to take me three minutes to reach there according to the Google maps, well these maps are overrated and are not always right, so I think to humor myself.
Hubby dear was all ears and listened to my experience intently, and patted my back for coming back home with the car in one piece (me and the car, that is). To quote him “I knew you would be a good driver, you did great for a newbie!” I was visibly exhilarated to hear those words from hubby, who otherwise has a rather critical approach towards my driving abilities; I do not entirely blame him. Well, he wasn’t my ride along this time, and me assuring him that no one dared honk made hubby dear utter those magical words. What a boost to the morale it was, and now I am all charged up for yet another adventure and many more!


Thank you for reading.

 

Hi Sabari,

Thanks so much for the warm welcome and liking my snippet ....You are too kind ....yes, it did feel like a mini adventure and it is getting better

 

Hi Satchi,

Hope I can call u that ..thanks so much...I had similar ideas of driving abilities, still do, but they are getting less scarier

 

Dear Ambika,

Thanks so much for the nice words yes little pleasures do keep us going...

 

Hi Mindi,

Thanks so much...I already enjoy the writings here, shall keep doing so