I am... as chuffed as a happy person that is really pleased with themself!!
I got my license back today!! Woohoo!
I posted on FB: "So! ...license (receipt) in hand, I drive for about 3hrs! Traffic? Bring it on!
Over Big Hill, through Lockwood, out to Longlea, nearly Epsom... visited Nick, dropped in to see my boss, went to my old job to say hi... filled the car with 98 octane, bought oil and some bug removing windscreen cleaner... nearly bought some bullet-hole stickers... and then volunteered at the Red Cross OpShop. WOOHOO!
As chuffed as a really happy person that is quite pleased!😎"
Situation... for new or occasional viewers...
I lost my license for Drink Drinking! Yeah, I know! Bad lad!
I did it. I got caught at 0.1! Mid-range dickhead... I also lost my job, ended up on the dole and ...found cardiology issues, emphysema, gut issues at both ends... a bit of a mental-crisis and broke as fuck!
Shit, eh?
Then found my flat/unit/home had been sold out from under me... Available housing is scarce, affordable housing is as rare as rocking horse shit!
Next month, I could be homeless! On the upside, I have a car, a job, a LICENSE [woohoo!] and a tent! ...
I bought a Bush Jacket today... Winter is coming!
The more I look at rentals, the more I look at camping kit and survival gear next. This winter may be a cold and blustery existence...
As a Soldier, I say "OK... It'll be fine. Phew, but I'll manage!"
As a 57 year old dude that was a soldier... I'm more than a bit concerned.
Fuck! ...but try not to show it!
I've always paid or re-paid my way... I've always tried to 'do my best, do my duty' ...even on the dole I donate to charity. Cubs taught me to do a daily good deed. As an adult, that's letting someone into traffic, helping someone who trips, picking up a dropped can at the supermarket, simple stuff like saying "After you...".
A few coins to a busker. Giving a smoke to someone who asks... I know what it's like to need a ciggie.
That "kharma" gig feels like a bit of krap, sometimes...
But... I have my license back! Yip Yah! The Inter-lock Device will re-teach me not to Drink and Drive even though loss of license and ...so far nearly $2000 to get my license should've.
Now, I have to 'lease' the device by the month, have it 'serviced' [read Upload the Content], do a Course to have it removed, then pay to have it removed... another $1000 or so...
...it's a good thing that the Magistrate didn't Fine me! ...only a 12month Good Behaviour Bond. As if...?
But! On the upside... I can get to work tomorrow morning without a $40 taxi fare.
Think about that!... If you had to pay $40 to go to a part-time job, would you? 3-4 times a week?
Happy as, that I've a license back, a registered car, a tent and the knowledge to live in the bush... if I have to...
Friends and Family have offered all sorts of accommodation and help and support... but who wants to have the spare room?!
It's appreciated, but I'd rather a place of my own... which, from several searches... Is either wishful thinking or out-of-my-price...
Dread thought... living in a room with a few Uni-Students to share the kitchen and bog?! Not happening, even if I was accepted.
Rentals are Bendigo is scarse...! In Bendigo... It's all "Fully furnished" and massively expensive, or a room, or costly because it's a "short walk to the CBD!"
Real Estate people think that everyone works in a nice office in "the CBD" ...just a short walk! Then they portray the 'catchment areas' ...something about schools!
Schools? I want a 1 bdrm flat, empty, and affordable... ! FFS!
I'm NOT a Yuppy, not 'Professional', don't need 'close to the CBD', I'm not concerned about the "Age Demographics" of my area nor the re-sale value, nor the Sale History much...
I reckon "Selling" is out-reaching renting... to the betterment of the former and the demise of the latter. ...Bugger! ...Fuck, eh?!
I just want an affordable place to go home to. Next step? Apply, apply apply! ...even for places I don't want or can barely afford... Because, if not?!
It's a caravan from a Mate (Try and find a caravan park, lately!!) ...or "I have my car, and a tent!"
It's Life Jim, but not as we know it!
This is not how I thought the 21st Century would be!
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