They can park where?

I did it! I drove today. It was not quite as scary as I thought it would be. This morning we woke up to a beautiful sunny day, so hubby took me out driving while it was nice. (it did not stay sunny all day, but the weather here is another post all on it's own). And since it was a Sunday morning, it was not as crowded. I drove to Bean's new school twice and downtown once. I still need to practice on the roundabouts a little more and I am definitely not ready to jump on the freeway, but I feel that I can get around the town I live in pretty well now. I will tell you, it would be a whole lot easier to drive if the lanes were clear of parked cars. People park here wherever they like, even in the middle of a lane. Which makes some two lane streets become one lane streets, so you are weaving in and out of parked cars and dancing around cars coming from the other way. This is all allowed --no parking tickets for any of this --you can just stop and park it. ANYWHERE. Cars are parked half on sidewalks, blocking lanes, even blocking driveways sometimes. So this is where I could get confused, switch lanes to pass a car and stay in the wrong lane by accident. We also spent more time today trying to find our way around and buying some house plants to make our home more cozy. Bean has her first day of school tomorrow. She is nervous but excited. She has adjusted really well I think. Only one time did she say she missed Ohio and wanted to go home, and that was because in our first floor bathroom, the fan comes on with the light and she does not like the noise. Gerbie is adjusting well too --her first night in the house was rough, she ended up in bed with us. I think the jet lag and new house were a little much for her, but now she is back to her happy, feisty self. Tomorrow hubby goes back to work, Bean goes to school, my mom is Gerbie sitting, I am attempting to work (still no Internet, so using wireless card) and we will hopefully start getting into a routine. We are going to head into London next weekend, I can't wait - it will be so much fun.