Wild Irish Fairy Tales

Some recent heartach has had me a bit down lately. Luckily, I have some good friends who came to the rescue!! This morning, at an abnormal hour for me to be up, a friend called wanting to take me 4-wheeling. Now let me say, 4-wheeling has never held a big interest for me, but I decided it was a nice thing for them to do, so I got ready to go. .
So I get picked up at 6am (YES, I said 6am) and off to the mountains I went…We stopped just before we got to the top of the bumpy road, just to take in the site…My friend then hands me the keys and tells me I am going to drive the rest of the way while they walked ahead to direct through some rather sketchy places…WHAT!! ME!! DRIVE!!! I am the worlds worst driver. In fact I don’t even know how I got a drivers license..Now I am to drive over narrow cliffs?!?!
Deep Breath**
Ok some panic time later, I get behind the wheel of this huge truck. When I say huge, I mean I have to literally climb a small ladder on the side to get in it… So here we go..Manual..Ok think back, 1st is up and to the left..Lets go! I let off the clutch, lightly press the gas, and you would have thought this thing had rocket fuel in it..The front went straight up, jumped forward and took off like a bolt, almost plowing down my friend who quickly dived out of the way.. I slam on the breaks just as I hit the side of the mountain. One front wheel right at the edge and sliding in the mud that has developed from all our recent rains…Now what do I do? So I being bright as I am, put the truck in reverse and try to back up..Slinging mud right before it gains traction and back it goes…
Needless to say, I didn’t do anymore driving on our 4-wheeling expedition.