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[Captain's Log: 10/03/04 - Day of the Edit Post Feature]
[Diary Entry: 7/7/05 - "We shall never forget"]

Im so glad im passed that.

I hated my driving instructor by the end of it. So much so that i sat my second test in my own car.

Heh, so long as it's not the Crash Test Dummies...

Do you have a list of all the lessons you've taken and their length? If so, and the time is still a problem, you can ask him to put together a list of whet he thinks you've had (he'll definitely have everything wrtiien down), and compare them. Might be an idea to ask him anyway.

Dr Duck wrote:
"Another driving lesson *under the bridge...*"


Heh. Guess which Chili Peppers song is now playing on my PC? :D

My God! That sounds familiar...!

I was also having this disagreement with my driving instructor over how-many lessons I still owed him for, prior to me taking - and failing - my practical test. He said it was something like 6 at one-point, when I was sure it was only 4...

So, I just said "Yep. Whatever.", and gave him a cheque for what `I´ thought was right - expecting that to be the last I saw of him. ;D
And we said no more. I just gave it to him and he accepted it - without even trying to work-it-out, or anything.

But now I've got to see him again, sometime, and I reckon he'll still try and tell me for 2 lessons, or something...

But I KNOW I'm right. I KNOW I've payed him for ALL the driving lessons I've had... I just wonder if he's charging me for 2 lessons that had to be cancelled on-the-day, even though HE was the one that cancelled them, at short-notice...? And no, I still haven't spoken to him since the test-day (last Thursday). He also won't do less than 90-minutes because of the distance he has to travel, too.


I am PRAYING for a cancellation, though.
It's only been 8-days since I failed, but I can already see how not being able to drive anywhere is seriously having effects on my life - especially with all I had planned to do, once I'd passed.

So-far, not so-sood, though. Been phoning-up, but cannot seem to even get through, now it's so busy there. But hey, at least I've got my mum to do it from work, so we don't have to pay for all the `No's´ I'm likely to get!

December the 3rd is too long though...
That's a whole 2-months, now - It's gonna rip me apart, waiting for that time, just 'waiting' for so-many things to eventually fall into place...!
What's more, the weather will be even worse by then. Ice, snow, frost, cold, rain... All-sorts of things that could assist me in failing again, or even having my test cancelled, due to the conditions - either way, forcing me to wait ANOTHER 2 months just for a retake, into 2004 (after Christmas, and after Work's X-mas Do)!


:(

Another driving lesson under the bridge...

3 hours on test day, 2.5 the day before and 2 on another day.
That's 3 lessons before my test. And none for just over a week now. Hmm...

Only we 'disagree' on how many lessons I've had (and thus how many I have left that I've paid for).
Hopefully we'll be sorting that out later.

I can't help but feel like this is going to crap - I'm still not happy with the parallel park, and he keeps trying to skirt round it. And now he says he won't give me one hour lessons because he has to come too far.
Didn't mention that when you were giving me one hour lessons before you got your hands on the money, huh?
*Fumes quietly*

He takes two weeks off, cancels a lesson to extend the break some more, and now I don't get any more lessons for over a week.
*Fumes more loudly*

I had a bad moment last night.

I had my dressing gown on over my clothes to combat the lack of heating, my glasses on because I'd just been watching TV, and my hair is slightly overgrown waiting for me to get round to having it cut.

I looked in a mirror. Something was wrong.
At first I couldn't place it. I thought for a second and it hit me:
I was slowly turning into Harry Potter.

I wept.

Yeah, keep trying for cancellations. My instructor says they go *very* fast (like, 5 or 10 minutes sometimes), but they're out there.

Different place? If you'll still take lessons so you can get some practice in I don't see why not.
Sure, it's a bit of an advantage knowing the area, but wherever you take it, you'll be following the examiner's directions and will have to be taking care to be aware of everything around you and the road ahead.

Just so long as you know where the unmarked crossroads are.

I know I'm ready, I know I can pass the driving test, and I should've passed it last Thursday (had it not been for a slight lack of concentration, here-and-there). So, I'm feeling more than ready to take another crack at the test - and do it, this time.

But, it seems as though I'm gonna have to wait until the 3rd of DECEMBER for the next available date!!! :@

This is really getting to me, now!
It feels like I'm not "meant" to drive, or something, and that my life is set to remain ever-dull and rarely-exciting, just because I can't get-around as easily as everyone else!


I'm gonna have a word with my Instrcutor to see what he says, and whether I should consider taking the test elsewhere. I reckon I could easily get-to-grips with test-routes elsewhere, with the 7 months of driving experience I've got, in THE toughest test-area of Bristol.

Or, I could just keep ringing-and-ringing until I finally - if ever - manage to nab a cancellation. I could probably get my mum to do it daily from work, whenever she gets a spare-second...

But whatever I choose to do, I'll still be spending a lot of extra-money on driving lessons that I feel I no longer need - and this is money I will certainly be needing when I HAVE passed my test, to pay for all the insurane and petrol costs, when it all quieten-downs at work, during the Winter.


But really, waiting 'til December is gonna kill me, mentally.
Too many lifts and bus-rides everywhere... Not only is it gonna damage my fading social-life even further, and my independence, but I'm "stumped" with this Love situation, also, until I have my license...! :(

I love Perfect Dark

Ah well, hopefully you can get in for another soon enough.
Sounds like you did well enough on the minors, hopefully brushing up for the majors will be simple enough work, now that you know the problems.

So it didn't work out this time. That's alright, you'll get there soon enough.