Driving on the Left

My biggest fear of moving to England was driving on the wrong left side of the road.  I feared pulling out into the wrong lane of traffic or looking right, first instead of left.
Living here requires us to drive.  So it was time to conquer our fears!!
  We were given a company car, affectionately named "The Blue Box."  Looks a bit like a box, doesn't it?!  Very British!  This will be our home on the road!

 It was just a matter of a lesson to feel comfortable before going it alone.
A local that works for our company is a former police officer.  We set up a time to drive with him to learn the road laws.  He was a great instructor!  By the time I got behind the wheel I was at ease.
We were familiar with driving on small European roads, but signs are a bit different as well as markings on the road.  And the fact that you sit on the right and shift with the left.  Luckily, the pedals are all the same.  Phew!

I am pleasantly surprised with how easy it is to drive on the left!  It doesn't mean we're pros.  We still have lots to learn, but we have been cleared to drive.  We even took quite a drive the day of our lesson ON OUR OWN to eat dinner at some friend's house.  I was so proud of Jerry for driving the whole way!

And we've learned that keeping yourself from going too far left and hitting a curb or smashing a side mirror of another car is actually the biggest obstacle for most.  We both saw how easy it is to do that.  By today, I didn't see Jerry going too far left.  It was just a matter of making visual markers on the car to help with that.
We've begun the search for a place to live.  Hopefully, we'll be updating you all on that very soon!!