Driving School
Tomorrow I begin my classes in driving school, and I feel excited about it. Generally, most of my friends know how to drive and this makes me feel old for learning how to do it at my advanced age. I have seen people much younger than me drive, but it never occured to me to have the urgency to learn the skill. I have never bothered to know how to drive primarily because I have never had the chance to apply those skills anywhere. I always felt that I needed to have access to opportunity to be able to drive, but then even though my friends own cars, I have never felt the need to borrow theirs even if it just means to get the feel of driving one. Consequently, I always resigned to fate that I would only learn how to drive if owning a car was yonder, which is the case for me. Once I settle in school during the first semester, my next project will be to get a car, and I feel great about it after working for it all year long.
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I keep wondering how it feels to know how to move a car from one point to another. The imagination even feels more exciting when I fantasize about owning my black Rav4 2012 and being able to move around in it. I fantasize about going to the mall, coffee shops, hiking venues, or just visiting friends with it. I imagine the beautiful scenaries on road trips, getting recommendations on beautiful hangout spots, or attending events, and I just feel proud of myself for making it this far. I will be the first in my family to own a car. My father used to have an orange car that spent most of its times in the garage. When we were young and we needed a private means of transport, we mostly hired or depended on my uncle’s white Toyota Corolla to move around. I am forever grateful to my relatives for sharing their ride with us when we we young. Now that I finally get to actuallize this dream, I feel a sense of accomplishment that I can finally see this through in a few months time. I fantasize on the kind of convinience that the car will accord me while I go to school, visit people or places, or drive on long distance trips. I feel happy that finally I will be able to have a log book to my name and enjoy the convinience of owning a car.
Besides the logistics of learning how to drive, I have done calculations on how much I expect to spend on the car in terms of fuel, weekly car washes, maintenance, and insurance. I feel confident that I will comfortably handle the demands of owning the car, and it will be such a lifesaver for me. I will simply be leaving my house to whichever places I need to be at. I nolonger have to spend more time at bus stops waiting for the bus to be full, deal with rogue conductors, listen to loud music in matatus, or put up with sexual harassment from men idling at various bus tops. I believe owning a car will mean ushering in a new era of convinience that I am not used to, and I intepret this is as a reward for the hardwork and patience I have exhibited to get to this point of my life. A Rav4 2012 is a simple and practical SUV for a first-time user like me, and I believe that I made the right choice.
I feel so proud of myself for making it this far and realizing this dream serves me as a reminder to always believe in myself and keep soaring for greatness. May the universe accord me more opportunities to fulfill the desires of my heart!
