It is also so rural that there are few roadsigns and even the locals sometimes get lost. In the cold windy bleakness of last night I wondered what I had done. But today dawned brightly. A new life awaits: part time job, travel, cycling, helping my host with her business (have even applied for a non-exec directorship in the vicinity
But it has been a Shit Year in many respects: Lost my love (still cry over her everyday, wherever she is); lost my job; and now my house. As for being prosecuted for assault with a deadly whistle: that was the sprinkling of glass on the shit sandwich. Have lost a shedload of so-called friends (see above re my lost love)
HOWEVER: I have been to Spitsbergen, I have been to Berlin and the Sudtirol and have paid a deposit on a working Christmas in CUBA. I should make a decent profit on the house (enough for a boat, a small flat, or a caravan and have been offered a rural hard-standing for it). Am planning Trans-Siberian Railway and onto Australia. I have been offered a wonderful place to stay. I have cut my expenses massively. AND I HAVE WONDERFUL FRIENDS. You know who you are
2 comments:
I know I'm always putting in my twopenn'orth.
I can't help myself.
Buy a flat.
NOT a caravan.
And, while you're waiting to do that, put the money somewhere safe, otherwise it will just whittle away to nothing.
Then you will be homeless.
You ex won't put you up forever.
I admire the way you have taken hold of your life, given it a good shake and re-invented yourself.
Jolly good luck to you.
As David would say.....I'll shut up now.
All sounds very promising. I have another friend in a very similar position as you, I wish he had your gumption! I'd buy a narrowboat but that's me!!
Jane xxx
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