Once in a while in the great school of life, one is able to track one's curve of learning directly back to the exact moment and this happened to me today.
My next door neighbor called this morning.
"How are you at maneuvering automobiles?" she asks in her beautiful Indian accent.
I am optimistically good at everything at which I haven't recently failed, so I said, "I'm good, I'll be right over."
The roofers had parked their dumpster in her driveway and blocked her minivan in the garage with a two foot clearance behind it. She is a doctor and she had some medical stuff to do, so she had to get out!
Last time I attempted anything like this was about thirty years ago in my predriving days, when somehow in the process of my learning how to drive in reverse, my parents car ended up parked sideways in our garage.
Who knew then that the lessons learned would be so valuable now?
I thank Dad for his response as he perused the situation and turned on his heels with this comment, "Well, get it out."
And we did.
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You make me laugh - again! I am terrible at maneuvering my vehicle! I tried to get my mini van out of the garage with my son's car behind me and I think I had two or three feet - I decided I wasn't going anywhere when I broke a sprinkler head. I always wish my sister was here when those things happen because she can maneuver a jeep into a spot for bug!
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