Wonderful driving lesson this morning

I love this pic I found on FaceBook yesterday of mother panda with her baby

Sunday March 24 2013

I had divine driving lesson this morning. Jim took me to the country. It was fun driving fast on the empty deserted road. After 2 weeks of creeping along my own neighborhood for half hour before swimming.

It felt like actually driving moving along so fast. But the 2 weeks of slow neighborhood driving did pay off. I was relaxed and confident behind the wheel. And that was great for me.

LOL my life is all extremes these days. Either 10 miles an hour in my own neighborhood, or speeding along on the deserted empty country road.

I was happy to be doing it and it made Jim happy too. He liked it that I was finally going fast.

I drove to the end of Swan Road, did 3 tushy turns, to practice for the road test, and Jim was thrilled when I actually took my hands off the wheel during the last one.

It is so much fun for me when he has confidence in me as a driver. LOL it happens so rarely. Maybe never.

On the way back up Swan Road, again I was going at a very fast clip, when suddenly I saw a bull lying down by the side of the road. Or maybe he was standing there.

“I  am driving off the road so I can watch,” I said to Jim.

“O no we will get gored!” he said.

I didn’t appreciate it that he frightened me because for me it was love at first sight. But the result is I did pull up a little away from the bulls instead of right by them.

Because it turned out there were 7 of them lying down on the other side of the road. And my heart just went wild with joy.

It is the most beautiful sight I ever saw in my life. I have no idea why and there simply is no explanation. Why 7 bulls lying down all beside each other should have been such total and complete and passionate beauty for me.

The love which rose in me was just tremendous. I couldn’t stop drinking in the sight.

I had to crane my neck the whole time to look thru that small area where the back windows in the truck open up and I kept looking and looking.

I just kept drinking in the sight. I couldn’t get enuf of it. Finally I said to Jim “it’s better than sex.”

I meant it. It was surfeit of bliss.

I couldn’t believe that I was this fortunate to have this divine experience.

After that I drove to the traffic light. And drove to the next light, we switched seats so Jim could drive us back to town

“Stop at Nico’s so I can get a fish taco,” I said.

“Are you going swimming?” he asked

“Might as well,” I said

But after we got close to my house I changed my mind

My outing had been so satisfying, it was beautiful day to boot. I had my fish taco on the dashboard, I was hungry.

I said, “I think I’ll just go home, have my taco, my soda, and my cigs in my back yard. You’re free all day to do exactly what you want.”

And I did have my taco, soda, and cigs in my backyard.  It was only noon, and for the rest of the day I didn’t know what to do with myself.

I was like a jitterbug. Lounging on comforter in backyard didn’t work. Watching TV did not work.  Coming in here to my computer did not work.

Nothing held my interest.

And my thoughts were the worst jitterbug of all. They just jumped around. LOL in some meaningless jitterbug dance.

I guess the nice thing about my driving lesson, not up there with seeing the bulls of course, which was a divine experience for me, was how well Jim and I got along.

We don’t always get along, sometimes we bug each other and get on each other’s nerves.

In fact yesterday was one of those days.

But this morning maybe for the first time ever we were on the same page. Everything we said pleased the other. We couldn’t agree more.

We got along splendidly.

And who knows maybe this was the source of the great happiness for both of us all thru the driving lesson from beginning to end. From instant he picked me up till he dropped me off.

The getting along had been smooth as silk and we had never had that before.

We were both in an up mood and pleased with each other.

Maybe Jim was pleased with life. Everything he told me he was glad about.

And of course I was so glad he was glad. It made me glad.

Ordinarily communication between us is simply nil. We live in 2 different worlds. And they are too opposite to ever mesh. We solve it by tuning each other out constantly.

Whatever I say he tunes me out. Whatever he says I tune him out.

LOL if neither of us is quick enuf on the draw to tune each other out before we heard what the other person says.

We go into irritation mode.

It’s amazing this beautiful friendship between us exists.

Maybe because we each help the other out so much and both know we have each others best interests at heart. It provides the springs for our friendship.

We muddle thru without too many jostles and bumps.

We do get along.

It’s rare that we don’t.

But today was the icing on the cake. It was not just getting along, it was pure joy in each others company.

It may be as rare as seeing 7 bulls all lying together by the side of road and drinking in all that beauty, but who cares.

They were both a great gift and made for a spectacular morning.