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Well, if you read this blog, then you may have noticed that there has been no progress since the first driving lesson since getting the permit. I refuse to let this permit, which is at least my third one, go to waste, so I am taking matters into my own hands.

Finding someone to take me driving and not being able to afford lessons have been two of the major issues preventing me from getting a driver’s license in the past.

So, I called around today for rates and packages for driving lessons. I started with the list of testing centers that I was given at the Secretary of State, and I called the ones that looked like they might have training and testing, based on their names. I figured that I would be able to get lessons from the people and then take the test with them in cars, and with instructors/testers, with which I will have become comfortable.

Well, the best looking place I called does not pick up. Umm. Now, Riddle me this (if Chrisette Michele can use it in a song, then I can use it in this post):You are giving lessons to an unlicensed adult driver. Just how do you expect them to get to the lesson? I can understand it for teens. They cannot drive there and usually have parents to drive them. But for adults?! If I had a driver to drive me to lessons, why would I not just save my money and ask that adult to teach me to drive? So, I will not be using that place. The next place I called apparently no longer gives lessons, only testing. Many of the places do not let you rent a car for the test, which I will more than likely need to do and feel more comfortable doing. They showed who rents and who does not rent on the list, so that eliminated a bunch of others.

So, after much frustration, I just ended up calling the place that I knew picked up, let you rent a car for the test at a lesson rate, and is a reputable company–Sears Driving School. So, I have scheduled two lessons with them, with the first being tomorrow. I do not know how good they are, but I will see how it goes tomorrow.

Tags: Chrisette Michele, Drive, Driving, Life, Thoughts

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