Too Old for New Tricks? Hmm….Possibly

 We bought a new car.  We had been driving a Subaru Outback for the last 10 years and I really liked it — it suited me - but it was having problems and at our ages we don’t like the idea of having car trouble when out and about even though we are members of AAA.  So, we bought a new car.

This is our first domestically made car in years and years and I wasn’t too sure but the Hubs really — and I mean REALLY — liked it so we brought her home.  Her name is Pearl.  She is white and black and looks like a decommissioned cop car but that is a whole other story.  And she is chonky.

So, I have only driven a handful of times since I broke my arm and I can tell — I think I am sort of in learning mode again.  Today we had to go to the post office and I drove.  Well, I think the car drove me, actually.  Barely touch the brakes and I was eating the dashboard and barely tap the gas and we were off and running.  Goodness, a whole new learning curve.  It does make turns nicely though.  I guess this afternoon I will drive to pick up the Bean - I think — I am not sure.  But one thing for sure — I won’t be driving home — that school parking lot/drive way is like a little spot of hell — the parents are pushy and drive badly and the kids don’t know how to cross a street so I am afraid I might take somebody out either accidentally or intentionally — it depends.  

So, that is what my morning has been like - and by the way, I can see what they mean about not being able to feel the pedals when you have neuropathy.  Interesting.  

It’s a whole new world.  Pray for me.

Here is a not so great photo of Pearl.  It was raining when I took it so I didn’t hang outside too long.  This is actually taken in the dreaded school parking lot!