I hate standard. Hate, hate, hate it. I can drive it though, and I held up my side of the deal, and I now officially own a 2005 white sunfire :) I started driving it to school today, and it wasn't very much fun! I was going up Alder (hill) and apparently your supposed to lower your gears on a hill but I didn't know that so I stayed in 3rd gear and the car started like shaking and going really slow : There were cars behind me to and I could see in my mirror that the guy behind me wasn't impressed. I was freaking out because I had NO IDEA what to do! I just turned into the city building to stop and take a breathing and some how make it up that hill. I called my step dad, he said not to go pasr second gear until I'm up the hill.
I made it to school in one piece but I did stall a few times on my way up. I hope I get the hang of it soon, its really scary driving standard for me right now. When I'm coming to a stale green light I have this little freak out in my head "DON'T TURN RED! IF IT TURNS RED I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN STOP FAST ENOUGH" etc. andI also hate turning, I'm kind of slow to start and at getting to 50 so I don't like to turn unless theres no cars for awhile. I'm sure cars behind me don't appriciate this but oh well.
When I dropped Telesa off at daycare today I did my usually *waves* "Bye Telesa, I love you! *blows kisses* and then she looked at me, smiled big and waved! She can also go from laying down to sitting up and is doing this weird, but still a crawl, crawl! Summer school is already almost over! I'm continually doing well, right now I'm at a 'B' but I'm working on an 'A'!
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My name is Ellie. I am 17 years old and I attend high school. I have a beautiful daughter named Telesa, whom I love more than life itself.
I go through the everyday struggles any single parent faces, as well as dealing with the judgment of people who don't even know me. In school, I get "the looks" and all the other things you can expect from being a young mom in today's society.
This blog is a summary of my experiences. This is the story of my daughter and me from my perspective.......
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3 comments:
Hang in there! Driving standard DOES get easier! I was so terrified of hills at first, too. Just remember to go very low gears to get up the hills, and watch your RPM guage, and if the needle gets too low, shift down a gear. And for traffic lights, I used to be terrified that I'd have to down shift quickly if it changed, but my hubby, bless his heart, told me that if a light changes or if you need to stop fast for some other reason, put in the clutch and jam the breaks, and to heck with shifting! You can stop from high gears to stopped without down shifting if you have to!
Trust me, it does get easier!!!!!
haha i fear the light turning red evem when i'm driving an automatic! especially when i have people with me!
You'll eventually love standard waaay more than automatic because you have so much more control over the vehicle.
But YES the early weeks SUCK. I still stall occasionally when I drive my husband's bigass jeep, but love my 5 speed civic because it has way more guts than an automatic would.
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