Drove our car for the first time today. We had bought the car in June last year, but i've never actually driven it cause i'm kindda afraid with how there are like road bullies everywhere. Anyway, since tomorrow will be a public holiday (Deepavali), we were given a half-day at the office. However, some offices still require their staff to work full day today and one such office is where Mr. A works at. Party poopers!
With half-day officially declared, we were allowed to leave by 12pm. Mr. A left work at 11:45 am and reach my office at around 12:15 pm to send me home before driving back to work. However, i wasnt ready to leave. Reason?! Well, my boss was still around, so i felt kindda guilty leaving early. Its not only my boss who were still around..the entire people in the office were still around! How can you leave without feeling guilty?! So i thought to myself.."why dont i just drive Mr.A back to work and drive the car myself? Hmm..sounds good".
By the time i got down, I saw Mr. A still stuck in the jam in front of my office, so i brave the rain and jumped into the car. Once in, I spoke of my intention to MrA. He asked.. "are you sure? Its rainning so the road is a bit slippery, you know. Do you have the confidence? Do you know which road to take latter?..ect". His worry was making me have second thoughts, which is not a good thing if i want to ever drive the car! So there i was, trying to build the confidence to drive for the first time since we bought the car, and he doesnt trust me! "Gee, thanks for the boost of confidence" i told him.
When i went down to see him, i have not packed my things as i thought i would be back to the office once i drop him off at his office. But since he wasnt sure whether to allow me to drive and i myself wasnt too sure of my decision, i decided to head up back to my office and pack. By that time it was already 12:30pm and i guess my boss wouldnt mind if i leave around this time.
Once everything was packed and my pc was shut, i headed back down without even looking at my boss (to lessen the guilt of leaving early..hehe). Since it was still early, i told Mr. A to drive home and see how it goes there. He agreed. So we headed back home. The roads were kindda empty cause most of the ppl had gone back to their respective hometowns for the long holidays, so it didnt took us long to reach home.
Reach home around 1 something, had a puff of cigaratte and off we go again. Yup, u guessed it. I will be driving the car home. The whole way to his office, Mr. A was telling me the route home i should take, that i should not worry..that i'll be fine...ect,ect. The jam around his office area when we reach there were not helping me at all! My palms were sweating..hearts pounding..head throbbing..i really feel i was gonna faint as we neared his office...
We arrived at his office at around 2:10pm. Gave him a kiss, then off he went to resume his work. So there i was sitting in the car, alone, in the driver's seat for the first time! I said to myself.."this is it. I can do this. I'll be ok.." and off i drove.
To tell you the truth, the driving thingy was actually not that bad! I kindda enjoyed it. I do admit that my knees were still shaking when i arrived home, but hey, i made it home! And i didnt stop there either. I went out driving again half-hour latter...hehehehe!
Any moral to this story? I dont know. There is i guess. But since my fingers hurt from typing on this very shitty cybercafe keyboard, i will just let whoever reads it (if any) to figure it out themselves. So there!
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