Sunday 21 October 2001
A sensationally sunny day... and tomorrow
is going to be even warmer. Today Big-P and I drove down to
Going Going Green to buy punnets of herbs ready to plant into
our herb spiral... oregano, thyme,
French tarragon, lemon grass, chilies, sage, Vietnamese mint
and chamomile plus a bunch of little marigolds to jolly the
place up. We are going to propagate some rosemary and mint
out of Mum's garden and when the weather warms up a bit we
will try basil and coriander.
On the way home we happened to be driving
down a little side street with hardly any traffic when Big-P
suggested I take over driving... Well, as you may or may not
know, I have had my Victorian Learner's Permit for nigh on
10 years. The whole driving issue has become just that for
me - an "issue". Every year I promise to myself
and dozens of my buddies that I will get my full driver's
license before I turn 25, (26, 27, 28, 29). And my friends
(some of whom have been unlucky enough to try teaching me
back in the bad old days when I was prone to take both hands
off the wheel mid turn or do other equally frightening things)
will nod patiently and try to sound supportive, knowing full
well another year will tick by and they will have to continue
to ferry me around.
The whole idea terrifies me beyond words.
But for a reason that is too ridiculous to go into here, I
have decided that things must change and fast. So today I
moved over into the driver's seat, started the car up and
reversed out into the road. Fortunately it didn't really matter
which way I ended up heading as I had no idea which way to
turn the wheel. I drove less than 100 metres and pulled in
across 2 car parks.
Big-P told me I should reverse out again
and keep going. At this point I had to have a little cry and
told him that was enough for today. Baby steps we both agreed.
I had to come home and take a Panadine
and lie down with a hot water bottle for half an hour to get
over my stress sore neck.
Once recovered, we went up to the allotment
to meet up with Mum and check out our little plot and put
together our herb spiral. All looked good apart from a massive
foot print in the middle of the carrot patch (damn plot neighbours).
One of the beans was up and quite a lot of the little carrots
had sprung forth despite the trampling. We constructed and
planted the herb spiral and let me tell you - it is an engineering
marvel. I will have to get down there and take some snaps.
I'd Better fly now - we're off to dinner
to celebrate Mum's birthday so I have to go wash this gardening
dirt and anxiety sweat away. Link
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