Driving round the bend

Last Sunday I managed to get my TMA done though I had a really hard time doing it. I wasn't in the right frame of mind to do it and couldn't get my head into it no matter how hard I tried. At times it was so hard that it would take me an hour (sometimes more) just to write 100 words.
I don't even know what I wrote because I didn't check it at the end because I just couldn't read it no matter how hard I tried. I think my brain was just fried and I may of messed up my TMA but not on purpose but now it is too late to do anything about it. I just hope I pass, I don't know if I will as I probably didn't answer the question, not that I know.

My week last week was very busy and I didn't get much study done or much done in the part of my other plans either because I was so tired going to town and back everyday and walking the dog for up to an hour in the hot sun that when I finally got the chance to do things like study I was too tired or my mind was else where.
I did take Monday and Tuesday off study because I needed a break from Social Sciences but I didn't get much study done after Tuesday so I am not best pleased. Today and tomorrow I will be doing a lot of study because I have lots of things on next week and for the next 9 weeks so I will have to study when I have the time I guess. Now I am just barely coping with all the course work I have so I don't know how I will cope from next week, I guess we will have to see I guess. So that's why today and tomorrow is very important, so I can get as much done as I can but not too much as I don't want to overload my brain and plus I also have other things I need to be getting on with and doing.

I went for my driving lesson on Thursday 11:30-1:30pm and I really enjoyed it. It was amazing though it isn't as easy as it looks when other people are doing it that's for sure.
I have been told I am good and I didn't do any kangaroo driving which I am pleased about. :O) I shouldn't need too many lessons, less than 20 though I might be tempted to go for 20 to make sure that I am 100% ready for my test because I don't want to fail it. I would hate to fail it so I would rather have more lessons than less lessons if it means I pass my test first time.
I decided to have 2 hour lessons, I did think I would get bored in them or my brain wouldn't let me take it all in but it did. I think my brain took more of the driving in than the sitting and listening things - that's really bad but that seems to be the way it is with me.
Yesterday we went to BSM and my dad bought me 10 lessons and that works out at 5 lessons really as I am having 2 hours lessons. I booked three of the five lessons and am going in on Tuesday to book the other two, I didn't know what times or days I could do the other lessons on but I will find out on Tuesday and hopefully I will be available when my instructor is because I don't want to miss a lesson next week.

The other driving related news I have is my dad has put me on his car insurance so I can drive when I am not having lessons. At first I was only planning on a couple of minutes here and there but yesterday my dad really put me in the deep end.
He ended up putting me in the driving seat on a country road which went on for about 2-3 miles and was up hill and down hill with some steep bends and cars following me and I did fine with that and I really enjoyed it a lot.
Then we went onto a busy main road and within a minute I was stopping at tempory traffic lights which was fine and I got away from them without a problem and then passed a mini roundabout and that was great too (seen as I didn't have to stop lol) and then down past a speed-camera which I didn't set off (lol) and then stopped at some lights. Then when it was time to go I stalled the car (OMG!) and had my dad shouting at me which made me panic and I couldn't remember what to do, in the end I got away but it didn't help with my dad shouting at me. Then went up a steep hill and had to stop at the top and then I couldn't get away from there and I think it is because my dad stressed me out with shouting at me so I needed to take some deep breaths and I got away second try. Stopped at some lights and when they went red I crossed onto the busiest road in Blackburn. Passed another mini roundabout all the way down to the turn in down to my house which I did great at till my dad shouted at me again for getting too close to a car (grr him) and then signaled to turn left and forgot to look right before I turned and I was lucky nothing was coming.
What stressed me out was my dad shouting at me, it put me off and I was checking my mirrors as much as I should of and then I didn't look right. Those are things I really need to rectify because not checking my mirris as much as I should is bad but not looking for one coming traffic is bad!!
All in all I think I did fine seen as my dad put me in the deep end like that when I haven't done anything like that in my lessons, next week I am on to junctions which is good because I will get to practice setting off at them and stopping as those are the two problems I had yesterday. Well my stopping is fine but my setting off (only 2 times) was bad and it didn't help being shouted at whilst I am trying to remember what to do.
It hasn't put me off driving but I can't do with being shouted at like that.

Next week I start a nine week admin training course in hope it will help me get a job. I will end up with a reference at the end and something to put on my CV so I am happy about that. I don't know what days or times I am in (hence me not being able to book my driving lessons) but I will find out on Tuesday when I go. Tuesday is Induction Day so hopefully it won't be a whole day thing and then can call across at BSM on my way home and book the two lessons I need to book and hope I can have one sometime next week.
I am looking forward to the training course but I can do 80% of what they are teaching us so I will find lots of it boring I guess. I just hope I have internet access so I can then email people when I am bored. Knowing my luck I won't do and there is nothing I can do about that I guess.

Went to Next again yesterday to take back two of the things I got last week.
I also ended up getting 4 tops and 2 pairs of shoes. The shoes are 1 pair of mule toe-post silver ones that are amazing and wonderful and the other pair are a pair of office-ess pointy-toe shoes that are really nice.
Two of the tops are the same but are in two different colours, they are a V-neck short sleeve t-shirt (really nice could be worn in the office etc). One is a nice blue and one is black. The next top I got is identical to one I have already but in a different colour- it is really nice. I got the other one about a month ago and have worn it a lot and I saw the new colour version of it and had to have it as it is a very comfy and nice top. The last top I got I was going to get in about a months time as I am wearing it to the Bon Jovi concert in June. It is a long line one with a white top detail underneath that ties at the back of your neck, it is nice and is green. I was thinking of getting the blue version but they didn't have my size in so I stuck with the green version.