I am still trying to get my feet wet with all of my responsibilities, and one of those happens to be the laundry. Well the hotel wanted to charge us a fortune for them to do it, so I had to find another way to get the job done. I got directions to a launderette (laundromat in American) somewhere in the Leigh town center and thankfully Sergio was able to put me on his car insurance.
So I was all set to head off on my laundry adventure when I remembered that Sergio's car was a manual and I was in England. Driving in England equals sitting on the other side of the car while driving on the other side of the road. It also means roundabouts (see above diagram) which are used instead of traffic lights at a large amount of England's intersections. All of these different elements combined can be very stressful. Luckily I learned how to drive a manual within a week or two of coming over to play for the Mystics. Remembering what side of the road to drive on and what to do at a roundabout took me a little bit longer to master.
Needless to say I felt a little nervous driving in England again after I have been driving an automatic back in America for the last year, but I managed to get myself to the launderette and back, while only stalling the car once and driving on the other side of the road twice. Definitely a success in my book. Seeing as I'll be driving the laundry twice a day for the next two weeks, I am sure I will dust the rust off pretty quickly.
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