Daily checking of the bank balance has proved to be all its taken to push me over the edge from being a backpacker whos worried about running out of money, to being a madman nervously chewing on the ends of my fingers muttering to myself about how its all too expensive and i dont know how ill make it. That said, i do at least have a job, day 1 of which was today.
While Jo is still all set working in her nursing recruitment agency for $20 an hour in a convenient location close to a train station and all sorts of handy shops, im labouring harder than any of those lazy jews who threw together the Pyramids. I got up today at 5am, left the house at a quarter to six and jumped in the car for my drive to work somewhere in the Northern suburbs. I do get to drive over the Sydney Harbour Bridge every day, but this doesnt make it any better to be driving in Sydney traffic that early in the morning. 5 am is so early that today i had my first shower without cockroaches trying to share the hot water - they were all, very sensibly, still asleep. And being as we live in the Red Light District there were all manner of weirdos still on the prowl, mistaking the darkness at 5am for the sanctuary of night. Anyway, i digress. I got to work at 6.10 and had to wait 50 minutes for anyone to show up. And noone did. Id been waiting outside number 38 as instructed by my dyslexic recruiter, while the rest of my team got to work just down the road at number 83. I arrived 50 minutes early and was late for my first day at work. Good thing my superior is the kind of guy who calls lunch hour 'Beer O'Clock', and then actually drinks beer for lunch. I know the job i took was as a labourer, but they worked me hard. So hard, infact, that i feel now that ive been steamrolled flat then reinflated about half way. And i ripped the arse out of my jeans during a very hard lift. So now i have to toddle off and buy new trousers because working without them will be very unpopular indeed.
Im glad to hear all went well with Sams graduation, and i look forwards to hearing all about it. Anyone...??
Ill write more now we have a house, dont give up on me!
