More driving

Today I drove on my own for the first time!

I'd detail it out, but it would be boring as only Dave knows the roads that I'm talking about. I am very proud of myself, though. I did some fairly tricky roads and even managed to get up to 70mph on the dual carriageway! It wasn't scary, either!

Tomorrow, providing that my parcels get delivered in the morning, I'm going to take the bus to town and then drive Dave home from work. The massive roadworks in the city centre should be a good challenge, as will be the short section of motorway. My next big challenge will be driving back alone from a party we're going to on Saturday. Dave wants to stay much later than I do--and probably stay the night--so I shall be a homing pigeon for the night. (I will, however, chicken out of putting the car on our driveway. If you could see it, you probably would, too :P)

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I keep forgetting to post about the rest of our weekend. My mind has been eaten by the excitement of driving!

It's been a busy old weekend. On Saturday as well as putting together furniture we had friends over for dinner. I can't remember the last time I did a dinner party so it was a bit nerve-wracking, especially as Tracy is a born housewife and I'm not. So, lots of cleaning while Dave was busy constructing and then some slaving over a hot stove. (I still feel guilty for standing in front of a hot oven for so long. I didn't notice how hot my bump was getting.) It turned out to be a great night and I'm feeling quite enthusiastic about cooking again. We'll see how long that lasts....

Today Dave started chopping away the hedge which runs down one side of our property. The master plan is to rip it all out--hopefully saving the quince tree, which could use some TLC and decent soil--and replace it with picket fencing. That should give us an extra foot of driveway which will make it much easier for me to reverse in and also it will be easier for us to get the carseat into the car.

We also took our niece to the park for an hour or so before heading over to the IL's for a family/birthday BBQ. And then I had my big driving adventure :)