Today was a day, where I got up, not knowing what to feel…      On the one hand, I was feeling happy and excited and on the other hand, I was feeling really nervous and afraid to feel/be disappointed again.. because today was the day that I had to do my driving exam again. Again, because I had already done it on June 14th and then I didn’t pass the exam. The lady who examined me then, said that I was still too uncertain and not sure enough of my decissions that I made while driving in traffic. I was really disappointed then and I really wondered if I could get that certainty within a few lessons. Either way, I asked for a new date for my 2nd driving exam and I got August 23rd. I was very sad about this, as it was taking another 2 months before I could give it another try. This would mean that I would also have to keep busy with driving and buying extra lessons and not being able to start saving for my holiday in September. All in all, this idea made me really down.. So I decided to call the school where I get the driving lessons from and asked if there was a possibility to do the exam earlier. The lady I spoke to said that she couldn’t decide that, but that I had to call back the next day as the lady who arranges everything with exams, would be there then and I could speak directly to her. And so I called again the next day..
She told me I could do the exam on July 16th. I was very happy with this and almost already started to feel stressed as that would be in less than 2 weeks! I took some extra lessons, and then it was July 16th. I slept really bad that night.. So bad that I was actually happy that I only had to work in the mornings and had the afternoon off. I only had to do my exam at 3.50PM, but when I got home, I had my lunch and then I decided to sleep about an hour. To be honest, I was really happy I could do so, as I felt so tired that morning while being at work…
After getting to know the lady who would examine me this time, I could start driving. The lady was very relaxed and had told me that if I didn’t want to talk, that was fine, but if I wanted to talk that was fine too.. So at times, it stayed silent in the car and at times, we talked some.. Either way, she wasn’t making things easy on me as I had to do the special manoevres again. I have to do 2 of them and do them correctly in a maximum of 2 tries. The first one that I got was parking backwards in a parking spot. If the parking spot is on the right side of you. I’ve always found this the hardest one of the 9 you have to know. But I did it many times during my lessons, so I could place the car correctly in the parking spot with only trying once! I was really proud of myself, but I had to continue driving as I wasn’t finished yet! Not much later, I had to do the second special manouvre. I had to turn the car in a really small street with driving back and forth in only 3 times. I never found this one really hard, so I also managed to do this in trying once. The remainder of the hour that I had to drive, went fine as well. Only 1 time I was thinking that I had to come back again, because I had made the decision to stop, but in the end I continued driving… When I was finished driving, I had to leave the car and the man who taught me to drive along with the lady who examined me. After waiting approx 5 minutes, they came out of the car and we had to go back inside to talk the exam through.. But she started with congratulating me! I was so happy, I didn’t knew how to react. She said that I was at times, still uncertain and so that I have to keep practising and driving a lot. In the end it will be better after more experience, but that will only come with driving as often as I can! She said that if I’d fail again and would have to come back a 3rd time, I would also start to feel even more and more insecure.. and she said that that was certainly something they didn’t want to have.
I feel soooooooo happy with this achievement and I’m really proud of myself!! 🙂 Now I have to ask my driving license at the town council and I have to wait for my car to arrive 🙂 (Patience, patience!!)