July26. Safe

Not yet . I’m starting to drive with more confidence but I’ve driven a certain way for nearly 30 years . As I hooked back from dropping Leroy off a little bell chimed in my ear . ‘Tex has to be at the tutor now.’Bang ! I’m out of so cal style and into inner Melbourne ‘get the fuck out my way style’ in an instant . I fly back to our apartment in record speed , cutting people off and not letting pedestrians cross before I run them over .After cajoling and then eventually threatening Tex with physical harm we are back in the car only 20 minutes late. Beautiful, ‘i’l pull out here and drive straight up there and il drop you off out the front’ ,I announce toTex. Dad!!!! What the fuck are you doing! , Tex screams.You see , I’d done what was natural and pulled a right hand turn and booted it up a bit to look up only to see on coming traffic approaching fast . I’m on the wrong side of the road . No worries I swerve over the small median strip and shoot through the zebra crossing and it’s all good again . I even waved and smiled at the other drivers who were all looking over their shoulders giving me the death stare.All in front of the police station ,and I didn’t get caught , how cool is that?Specially considering that all visitors must have a Californian drivers license after living in the state past 90 days. Only we are booked in on September 22 to do just our written test . ‘How good am I to pull that off ‘,I said to Tex . He looked at me and said ,’dad drop me off out the back ,I don’t want anyone seeing me get out of this car , and il walk home ‘       Yep , auto pilot is still tuned into the Aussie  frequency , nearly got us goddammed killed .