Wagga stay - diary

Wednesday 14th May 2008
You know what? I’ve had so many good days I guess I was due for a bad one! I took the car down to hang some washing out at another counsellor’s house (with her ok of course) as she was at work and I hate using dryers, lol. Then the car wouldn’t start. That wasn’t the frustrating bit though as the NRMA man was very prompt and got it started and said the battery had collapsed inside and it wouldn’t start again. Fine, we just need a new battery. Nuh-uh. This is a LEASED car so you have to do what they say. So the queen of arrogance answered the phone and had me in tears, she was just awful and I was being kind as I’d driven back to where we’re staying and left the car running so I could go and use the phone. So the problem is that they need me to take them the car and leave it with them for 12 hours while they try and recharge it, and if that doesn’t work then they put a new battery in (they’re ‘special’ apparently) and then the new one take 12 hours to charge!! Oh, I said so what do we do for a car in the meantime, she suggested we get another leased one and was very hostile about it. So I went and picked Bruce up and he dropped me at an appointment*(just up the road) and he dealt with her and found her horrible too. I thought maybe it was just me?? Nuh.

*Appointment = I worked out that this 2 bedroom ‘serviced’ apartment costs $225 a night, 1 bedroom $175 a night. I would rather have a house, with a clothesline and an oven that works! Especially if my sister or my boys come to visit. Anyway, I found a beautiful home $550 with cream carpet, cream lounge but would need my own linen, pots, pans, cutlery and the whole cream thing is a bit scarey lol. It’s in a nice spot. There is another house we haven’t seen yet that becomes available tomorrow for 3 months so we are looking at that one tomorrow. Fingers crossed please!!

So at 12.30 I walked a block to a knitting group at the local craft shop (free) which have tea and coffee and comfy chairs and just sat there and knitted for 3 hours which made me feel soooooooooooooo much more human. One other lady there with kids the same age as me, goes to church etc etc, we had a lot in common so it was noice chatting. She said they usually get more turn up but I was glad it was just her today. She’s a local, I was hoping to meet someone down here for a few months like me. She said there were some like that last week. Oh well.

I came home and had some raisin toast and now all is good with the world. Bruce is taking me to the club for dinner only he doesn’t know it yet. The club is next door!