There is an organiational rule that one must wait a certain amount of time before driving after entering the country. That's all well and good, but I want FREEDOM!!! Driving is freedom.
I have been feeling like a caged animal lately. Why? Because we live at the office. I can't drive. Thus, we spend day after day in the building. There were some days when I didn't even see the outdoors. Not good.
Well, this week I started driving. Oh, happy day! However, it was like I was learning to drive all over again. I felt like I was in drivers ed because my boss had to ride along and make sure I passed the driving test.
In Mozambique, they drive on the left hand side of the road and the steering wheel is on the right (opposite from America). I found that staying in the correct lane was easier than I imagined as I just simply followed the traffic patterns. The difficulty came in managing the controls in the car. I wanted the blinker control to be the gear shift and the windshield wiper control to be the blinker control. I cannot tell you how many times I accidentally turned on the windshield wipers. Luckily, those in the car with me (my boss and husband) were gracious about my mistakes.
Now that I am a driver - Kenyon and I are going to explore the city. I can't wait! First stop, hair cut place for Kenyon. Here we go...
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