Try

What do you want to try next year? Is there something you wanted to try in 2010? What happened when you did/didn't go for it?
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Ugh. What is it with this spate of prompts that I just can't identify with?

I have never had any issue trying just about anything I wanted to try. As with wonder, the desire to try things runs rampant in me. Always has. I have an adventurous soul, or something. But okay... Try...

I tried learning to drive last year. Yes, I'm 32 and I've never had a driver's license. Yes, that's pretty lame. But hey, I grew up somewhere where I didn't need to drive, and had a stupid parent who vetoed me learning when everyone else was doing it, so I just kind of got used to the idea of doing without -- even though I adore cars, own my own, and do all the repair work on it myself. So, that weird little quirk started to bug me. And I went out and got my learner's permit.

Honestly, my attempt at learning has been somewhat half-assed. Not entirely my fault, but still. My sticking point is that I cannot seem to figure out how to drive forward in a straight line. I can drive backwards in a straight line. I can do doughnuts like a champ. U-turns are easy. 3 point turns are easy. Driving down a curvy road is cake. But drive straight for more than 20 ft? Nope. I fail. Miserably.

I haven't given up... Not entirely anyway. But M is a horrible teacher. And he's all I've got to choose from, teacher-wise. It's times like this that I wish my dad wasn't 900 miles away...