My Happy Place Thing

Alright, I don't exactly have the prompt with me so I'm just going to go off of memory with this one...
So, a place of comfort for me? I think//
Since I have to come up with something, I'm going to go with my car. Well technically it's my moms car but still. At this point I've had my junior license for just about a year, which really isn't that much time in respect to my life as a whole, but I have come to learn a lot about myself through the experience. For me, driving, whether it be to the store to get groceries or going over to a friends house is not a chore, it's an adventure.

I love to drive, that is partially driven by the fact that I am the youngest of three. I was forced to sit in the backseat while my brother drove for the first time in the Highschool parking lot and while my sister would come to a complete stop, then wait about 10 seconds at every single stop sign.
All of the years where my brother and sister were both able to drive and I was not, it led me to envy them and I could not wait until I turned 16 so that I could get my learners permit.
That all leads me to where I am today, 17 years old with a junior license and a car(ish), making me able to drive with no supervision between like 5am and 9pm. You could go pretty far in that amount of time if you really wanted to. Now I've never actually come around to making a bucket list, I have thought about it a few times and without a doubt there are two things that I would put on it with regards to driving. The first of which being to just drive. No directions, no maps, just get in a car and drive for as long as I want. The second of the two being to go someplace relatively flat where I can drive as fast as I can for as long as I want with no legal repercussions. Seeing as it's frowned upon to do that on most roads near New Paltz, idk when that will actually happen.

When I drive I'm not like one of your average teenage male drivers that drastically increases everyone's insurance rates. I try not to speed, I drive carefully, except for the fact that like most other guys I do jam out to T-Swift on the radio. All of this allows me to simply enjoy the ride. Somehow when I'm going 55mph down rt 208 in a 2 ton box of metal and combustible gas, I feel safe. This is because I know that I am in total control of my situation and while in reality I know that there are an abundance of outside factors that could lead me to an accident, when I'm driving those thoughts leave my mind and it allows me to focus on simply enjoying the ride. The one bad thing about not having my own car, is the fact that I have to use my moms. Every single time that I drive someone home or really anywhere for that matter, the first thing that they do is comment on the seat covers. Being my moms car, she has added some "special" details onto it, which include black seat covers with two pink hearts(actually the worst), wind chimes and a little purple turtle that bobs his head every time we go over a bump in the road. Driving is a great way for me to clear my head whether it be because of an agrument with my parents or just being bored, it allows me to reflect on my life and the constant changes of the world around me. So yeah, being in a car driving just about anywhere, except for school because it's just too early to actually enjoy it, is when/where I feel the most comfortable.

Check out the video that my sister just showed me... it's a keeper.