Things that will be easier once i can drive

I had a friend move north with me, said friend offered to help me drive in october 2010  but never wanted to give lessons except during the 2.30 to 4pm time slot, you know when the roads are crazy hectic with dashy kids & stressed mums& I still havn't had much chance, the person in question is incredibly lazy, Doesn't like to get up before 1 pm takes an hour to wake up then & considers going out to be a massive imposition that one hates to ask for & will get pissy & wingy if you want to do more than one job but hates being asked to do jobs even so close as 3 days apart & yet still feels  that my driving wouold be too much of an issue, I fucking HATE being trapped like this.

Food shopping, It will be nice to be able to go to the grocer, butcher health food places that I like rather than to coles that I can walk to & be able to shop for the week/fortnight/ stock up on good bargains/bulk rather than what I can carry for 20 minutes (thetime it take to walk a k with my 5 year old)

General shopping, I can walk to a hardware store the size of my bedroom apart from that this town is rich in cafes & giftware junk shops, I can't buy clothing here but that means the fabric shop which is also out of walking distance looking forward to being able to go to those places & return to spotlight as I'll often see fabric & only see it's potential 2 days later & my so called friend isn't willing to help me get back there.
Also tip shops, gardening supplies, hardware shops etc

Going on adventures, I almost never get out of this town it has a population of under 5000 & the most interesting thing here is 2 parks rich in lizards & bats or the library The biggest reason I want to drive is so my son & I can go to beaches for hours or bushwalking or to see national parks & waterfalls go to markets & carnivals even just go to different parks.

Finding a house, this last move I wasn't able to inspect houses unless one of the two people I know up here had an apointment that was at a similar time to an open house so it was very hard to find a place, Also being able to drive would allow me to be out of town on some acres which I would prefer anyway.

Moving, Last time I was begging rides of people to find boxes, realising neither the hardware store or supermarket have packing tape at a sane price & generally having no control over the process, I hated still not having tape 4 days before moving day, also even if i elect to have a removalist I can actually run my own little bit back & forth instead of yet again begging people for help in the evening.

Lets hope I can get help with this, I'm a good driver, cautious & can handle my car, I like that it's slow & big & can go to markets or do bulk shops & that I can fit even my fridge or lounge in this car if the seats are down so I can move my own house, I hope to get help through February & try to arrange a test in march, I hope like nothing else that I don't fail cos I can't afford it & & I don't have time