Tuesday, June 22, 2010

I'm alive!

I'm not a good driver. I mean, I follow the road rules, wear a seatbelt, stick to the limit -- but my reactions are slow and I tend to panic.
So to get my car to our new home, I had to drive myself and my kiddies about 750 kms (about 500 miles) -- and 300 kms of that was across a dirt road. I've been in 2 roll-overs on dirt roads (I wasn't driving in either) and the mere thought had my stomach doing its' own little roll-overs.

But I DID IT!

I put Roald Dahl on the CD player, and we listened to Georges' Marvellous Medicine, and The Witches, and we drove into BeachTown in gorgeous late afternoon sunshine.

I am very proud of myself. I know it's hardly like discovering the cure for cancer, or winning a gold medal, but I conquered a real fear, and that deserves a little pat on the back, doncha think?

7 comments:

  1. Very proud of you! xox

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  2. I am patting you on the back !!!!
    Good on you xxxxx

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  3. Good on ya!!! I know what it is like to drive from Melbourne to Adelaide (800km) on my own, so you DID GOOD GIRL!!!!!

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  4. Congratulations! I'd call that an auspicious beginning to your brand new life!

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  5. congrads! here is a pat on your back!!! those little things to some are huge for others...great job!

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  6. Well done! *pat pat*

    I don't drive at all, so you're doing way better than me.

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