May 12 2008
I’m a hermit driver!
OMFG! I’ve just realized something in the past week… I am a hermit driver… No no no no no! Not a Kermit driver. I don’t go round driving in a green frog suit… A HERMIT driver!
hermit (pron: hûr‘mit)
n - A person who has withdrawn from society and lives a solitary existence; a recluse.
[Middle English heremite, from Old French, from Medieval Latin herimita, from Late Latin eremita, from Greek eremitis, from eremit, desert, from erimos, solitary.]
Yeah yeah, I know you are wondering WTF I am talking about. Cut me some slack ok? Let me explain! Sheesh! See, having been single for 6 years and mostly using my car to drive me to and from the office, and doing long haul drives to my friends and stuff on the weekends The Kid is with The Ex, I spend the most of my time in the car on my own. Being in a busy job where there’s people yacking my ears off mostly all day, while the phone is ringing off the hook and my email box is going crazy at the same time. I am ok with that.
I will typically not have people drive wíth me in the car very often. Backstabbing Bitch carpooled with me for a while but for obvious reasons that has ceased to happen. I couldn’t stand doing that anymore and besides, she was refusing to share any of the gas money anyway and to me that is just leeching instead of carpooling. Sure, I’ll take and pick up The Kid to and from daycare every day, but that is only a tiny part of my daily drive.
The past week I’ve been in the car with The Guy every day, travelling to one or other city to spend the p.m. walking the city center, hand in hand (here’s your daily cue to puke), have dinner or whatever.
And guess what? I SUCK at driving while talking to someone in the passengers seat next to me!!! Seriously! I am not at all a bad driver usually, but I have learned that once there’s someone in the passengers seat with whom I am having a busy conversation and pointing out things to, I become thát driver, that kinda driver that drives me insane when I encounter them myself…
* SHOCK *
O.M.F.G.!!! The amount of times that my car “drifted” to the left or right side of the lane while yapping away with The Guy… [STFU! We had só much to talk about!] That’s just awful! I have become a serious driving hermit over the past years! Seriously!!! I even tried to take part of the curb with me while driving onto the supermarket parking lot (yes, babe, you can laugh now… I know you thought it was funny as hell at the time too… You will let me drive your car when I get my ass over there sometime won’t cha? Oh come on!)
Sheesh… I gotta learn to drive with people travelling with me IN my car all over again… That’s seriously whacked up shit… Dang!
22 Dutch Treats so far
*Note to Self* Do not engage in conversation with the DutchBitch whilst riding as a passenger in her car…which I’m certain will happen at some point!
That Bitchy Chicks last blog post..Hold Everything!!
Apart from my very short commute to work I’m rarely in my car without the Lil P’s who insist on chatting AT me, over the noise of the CD player so I guess I must be ok at the multi-tasking-driving-thing
I will, however, never go in a car with you after reading this!
Penelopes last blog post..Good for the soul.
That Bitchy Chick: Oh come on! You can’t NOT talk to me!!!
Penelope: Sheesh woman! I am not THAT bad! Both me and Rob did survive last week and he can vouch Dutch traffic is a bitch!
I can relate, I am the only one in my car, most of the times. I can say I’m a good driver but put someone aside me with a constant open mouth and I’ll lose my driving capacities. Not that I drive from right to left like some Dutchie woman in love, but I’ll miss some directions and stuff. It would be bad if I visited Tulipland I guess haha
FroggyWoogies last blog post..BackOn
Wow…just conversation does that? I have found that I can keep it between the lines unless there is some sort of genital stimulation going on…
Mr. Fabulouss last blog post..LOL Fabby!
FroggyWoogie: Well, he didn’t have a constant open mouth, lol. We were talking to eachother, lol
Fab:
CunninglyFunnily enough I think I would actually drive better when that’s happening…I’m alone in the car most of the time too…..
hmmmm…..
LOL Don’t let him fool you
Turnbabys last blog post..I Am Such A Dork
I’ve driven for 30 yrs in my job- 99% of the time alone! Believe me, when I do have to drive with other people in the car- it is distracting!
Pissy: Uh Oh…
Turnbaby: LMAO well, ya know… there’s a bucket of salt here that I always take his comments with…
Buff: Whew glad it’s not just me…
I think that is me too. I am in my car 2-3 hours everyday by myself dealing with Massholes and I think I don’t know how to drive with others in the car anymore. Erik is worse than me, he turns into a old lady driver when I am in the car with him.
Robins last blog post..I Can Cook
Robin: an Oldy Lady Driver? OMG!!! It’s good to know there’s people worse off than I am…
(note for my guy: Don’t go there, babe… just warning ya)…
Hmm I can talk to the passengers , play cards or other games with the little monster, talk on the phone, cuss at people who take up 2 lanes or are going to slow, perve at the road workers and have road rage all at the same time, it takes many years of living with a chemically unbalanced person to get this good at it.
Traceys last blog post..And we are rolling!
But as long as you’re with him it doesn’t matter if you can’t drive. I’m so totally living vicariously through your lovely relationship.
Lady Jayes last blog post..Random Thoughts
Tracey: Yeah um… LOL
Lady Jaye: Fat lot of good that would do me if I killed both of us in the process though, LOL
That’s funny. I’m basically a hermit driver too. Mister drives when we’re together because he’s a control freak.
I wonder if I suck at it with a passenger too…
Finns last blog post..If I Want Something Done At All, I Have To Do It Myself
Finn: Well, I didn’t even tell you that. Rob drove the way back from the concert on Fridaynight and that was a whollllleeee new experience for me too. Realized that I had actually nevah sat in the passengers seat of my OWN car!!! Kinda nice… (babe: you’re welcome to drive any day!)
To be fair, Erik didn’t learn to drive until he was 30 and even after that his ex would never let him drive. Although, I rarely let him drive because he drives like such a pussy.
Robins last blog post..I Can Cook
Robin: LMAO @ a pussy. LOL
I tend to be ok with a passenger in my car. Most of the time.
Lyndas last blog post..Thought of the Day
I think we are all a little like that sometimes.
Shellis last blog post..100 Things, Four’s A Party
Lynda: Most of the time… errr… ok…
Shelli: Whew, glad to know it is not just me…