I discovered this post on a fun little blog called The Life of Bon. Unfortunately, I found it a bit too late to participate. I'm weird this way- if I can't be a part from the beginning, I don't want to play. This is the reason why I'm not watching Psych like everyone else. I didn't watch it the first several seasons and I'm worried I'll be lost if I start now. Hmmm....there's got to be a deeper meaning there, psychology majors!
Anyhow, Bon made a list of TBT (Throwback Thursday) topics to be discussed for the entire summer. Fun and interesting stories popped into my head immediately for most of these topics. So, is it wrong to steal her idea, if I totally give her credit for it? Probably, but I'm feeling quite the rebel today.
Of course, I want all of you to join along! You can post about it on your blog, if you want, or you can just share your story in my comment section. I thought it would be lots of fun to read about everyone else's coming of age time!
Here's her list...so we'll take it one topic at a time:
A memory of learning to drive, your first car or the early driving days.
Elementary school crush
Throwback birthday
Throwback fourth of July
First job
Moving away from home
Memory of one or both of your parents from childhood
Favorite summer vacation
Childhood friends
First kiss
Memory of a high school teacher or high school class
Back to school memory
All Things Driving:
I don't actually have too many memories of learning to drive. I took driving in Summer School, since my birthday was in June. For one month, we had a couple hours of instruction, five days a week. That sounds crazy now! Today's kids have to have all these logged hours of driving with a licensed driver.
Soon after I got my license, my mom suffered some health problems. She was unable to drive for a year. I became the primary driver for our family, at least when my dad was working. I chauffeured my brother to his activities, took my mom to the grocery store, and did everything else that needed done. So my first car was the family station wagon. It was sweet, yo!
My parents got the opportunity to buy a Toyota Tercel from an elderly lady in our church, but it was stick shift. They offered it to me, of course, but I turned it down. I had very little confidence that I'd be able to drive a stick. My brother got the car, and he wasn't even 16 yet. Even though I made the decision, I was totally jealous. Then my boyfriend, Hubby attempted to teach me to drive stick. It did NOT go well. I threw my hands up in the air, took my feet off of all pedals and told him to make the car stop. I stormed away from the car and never got behind the wheel of a stick shift again. I wonder if I could do it now? The cool this about this picture is that it was taken in my mom's driveway. In the background, you can see the house where I currently live. That's my great aunt standing in the driveway. Things have changed a bit since then, but that's where I live! Neat, huh?
The first car that was totally mine was a 1984 Dodge 600. It was a piece of junk but I loved it! I named it Stormy because it was the color of a storm cloud and sounded like thunder.
So, those are my early driving stories. What do y'all have???
1 comment:
That's a funny story about learning to drive stick. That's the only thing that was available when I was learning, but when it came time to teach my kids, I wouldn't let them drive an automatic UNTIL they had mastered a stick shift--even the girls, well...especially the girls. I didn't want them to ever be stranded someplace just cause they couldn't drive stick shift. They've thanked me profusely many times for that.
My youngest daughter is 29 now and she still prefers driving standard shift.
Funny story: I have a friend in Hawaii who will only own a standard shift because she knows so few people know how to drive them that she's not worried about anyone trying to steal her car.
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