Road Trip: Round 1

this past weekend I went on a mini road trip to visit my grandparents!!

As I've told friends this during the week I can read what they're thinking all over their face. To summarize it, their faces have been saying, "Sydnie, two hours? Why are you so excited for a two hour drive?"

Well it's monumental that I visited them because that means I got there and back in one piece!

Again, I've told people this and their faces says, "Are you really that bad of a driver?! I will not be getting in a car with you in the driver's seat!"

They don't really comprehend my excitement and the level of accomplishment I feel. Where most of my friends have been driving since they were 16 (or some even younger - scary! That means my little sister will be soon!), I just got my license 9 months ago. Yes, I was 19 when I got my driver's license. But do not judge. At 16 I was living in Germany, where you cannot legally drive until you are 18 and have gone through their expensive Fahrschule. I may have gone out and practiced driving with my dad a handful of Sundays, and that may have stopped when I almost reversed us off of a cliff/hill. I promise that I'm a better driver now. They gave me a liscense didn't they?

Then I turned 18 and it didn't makes sense to go through the hassle aka cost of Fahrschule since I was coming back to the US in a matter of months! Well I graduated high school, we moved back to the states, I had my permit, and my parents dropped me off at college. No time to learn how to really drive that summer, let alone become a good enough driver to pass the test! So then last summer rolled around and my mom got tired of driving me to and from my internship. I mean I just saw it as quality time together, but I guess she doesn't like her quality time before 7am?

So my driving experience is limited, and my driving experience alone has been even more limited. But I just got another notch in my belt for this past trip! And more road trips are definitely in my future. :)

This is when I had my permit and got to park the car -thanks Mom! Probably not going to sell me as the best driver/park-er, but I just have to add that while doing this I had someone loudly talking (otherwise known as a freaking out) in my ear not to get too close to the curb.

You cannot say that I was going to hit the curb. Doesn't this demonstrate that I am excellent at following directions?

Update: I have made many more road trips and survived them all :) I even drove 11 hours in the span of 3 days. I know, I'm moving on up in the world! A world that could be considered that of a 16 year old American. But still.