I couldn’t wait till I get off work today, and drive.

Never been so eager to take a driving lesson. But this is the first lesson for this year, and the first time I drive this year. While people my age would usually have accumulated 4, 5 or or even 6 years of experiences, I am still a newbie at it, and many factors today made it more than just exciting. A combination of rain, dusk, rush hour traffic and highway driving which turned this lesson into a challenge.

Warming me up with the basics, instructor led me on Lakeshore, travelling westwards until we were far enough away from the busy downtown districts. Then it was a series of left turns, right turns, S- and L-parkings and three point turns. Believe it or not, I already forgot how to properly do a three-point turn, or parkings. Anyways, on the return trip, I suggested that we should take the highway route. Afterall, it was what this lesson should be for.

It was still raining, I was driving on the rightmost (slow) lane at all times. Then there was a truck in the neighbouring lane just ahead of my car, travelling at the same speed as I was. Those annoying wheels were splashing water all over my windshield and rendered the wipers useless. "What should I do?" I was getting nervous.  I was told to keep a 2-second distance with the car in front, while the impatient driver behind is probably rushing home to see his family, as he was following so close that his headlights blinded me when looking into the rear mirror. For ages (for exaggeration sake, although it probably lasted only 10 seconds), I could see just water splashes in front of me, those blinding lights behind, more cars on my left, and concrete slabs on the right. However, I finally exited the highway on Jarvis. And that, was a relief.

Since instructor won’t be available on weekends, I will probably be driving on Wednesday evenings again. And I definitely look forward to driving in the evenings. Cool.