So my birthday isn't for like three months, but I've been pondering it and the what the big deal of turning 16 is. I mean sure you get your license and all that, but what else? I feel like 18 would be a much bigger milestone...
Well anyways, that's not the point of this post. What I'm trying to get at is... I don't know how I feel about turning 16. I'm definitely not one of those girls who's like "AAHHH I'm turning 16 I'm so... OLD!!" and then begins wailing into her pillow. Ew. Definitely not like that. But a lot of pressure and a much bigger sense of responsibility comes with turning 16. Also a lot of freedom comes with that too and I'm really looking forward to that part.
I have my permit and everything so I'm set to get my license on my birthday (well a day or two after I think actually) and my mom was telling me "Alana, you need to get your license when you turn 16, you're father and I just don't have the time to drive you everywhere anymore." (My family is going through a very chaotic time right now and constantly hitching rides from my parents is beginning to take a toll). Plus all my friends either can't drive yet, or they are still 16, and in California if you are 16 you can't drive other people. I know that a lot of parents are like "Oh, you can wait to get your license" or they don't even let there kid get it until they're 18, and I think that my parents are pushing me to get my license is making it not fun. Or at least a pressure because I feel as though I'd be letting them down if I don't pass? And I know that you can retake it two weeks later, but still... that's going to be a looooong two weeks.
So do you think I'm just completely chicken for being scared to turn 16 just because of a dumb driving test? I don't do good in situations with a lot of pressure. I mean I feel like a total doofus to be afraid of that but eh... I'm sure I'll get over it, I've still got a few months! Plus I hear the drive test is easy? I hope it is...
My friend just got her license, last week I think, and she said it was an easy test and that it was just a few stop signs/lights, right/left lane changes, driving in a neighborhood, and that was it. So I have nothing to be worried about right? Besides, I think I'm a pretty good driver. But the fact of driving a three thousand pound car all alone sounds a little daunting... Plus I'm a really small person and it's hard for me to see if I'm driving a compact (Sudan style car? Sorry I'm not good with car types...) so that automatically means I've got to drive an SUV. A few weekends ago my parents and I went car shopping for the kind of car they want to get me, and I sat in all of them and it was pretty cool! I found a few cars I liked, my favorite being the 2012 Hyundai Tucson in
this color or perhaps
red? Who knows! It's actually pretty reasonably priced. I think it was somewhere in between twenty and 25 thousand dollars. Not tooo far off my parents budget. We'll see! I'll keep you posted (;
