LIFE STRUGGLES

So far in 2015 both Clorinda and I have had an ordinary year to say the least.  If anything could go wrong it has gone wrong.  Some of the goings on have been our own doing by not managing our finances very well.  Other issues that have arisen have been out of our control.

My beautiful wife was unfortunately assaulted at her workplace twice within 2 weeks by some of the lovely people who frequent our public transport system.  As a result of these two incidents she has been placed on Workcover and her mental health has deteriorated significantly.  She has had a couple of melt downs along the way also.  My stupid attitude whilst often softening a situation has backfired and made the situation worse.

I have had to take stock and rethink how I react to certain situations with Clorinda, especially when she is not fully on her game and having a bit of a downer.  At these times she does not need my dumb comments.

As well as these issues with Clorinda, my satisfaction with working in the public transport industry has continued to decline.  So much so that my anxiety levels have risen significantly, so much so that I experienced my first panic attack one day whilst out shopping.

Combine this with an increase in the effort I need to put in towards my study, something had to give, so I made the bold decision to resign from Transfield and ultimately bring an end to my 29+ year career within the public transport industry.  29 years 7 months to be exact.

Prior to this my brand new motorbike tyre went flat in an instant.  The motorbike shop did not replace the valve when they did the tyre.  The valve was fucked.

Clorinda has not been paid since March and we have been struggling big time.  This added stress has just added to my darlings anxiety.  A big thank you to my brother in law Beau for being an enormous help financially.

We have had to cancel our proposed weekend and annual trip to Hawker for the races, due to the uncertainty of funding.  Then if things couldn't get any worse, we picked up a huge piece of glass in one of our back tyres on the car.  Again a huge thank you to my long time friend Paul Childs for firstly fixing my valve on the motorbike tyre then fixing the car tyre so we can get it through to Thursday when we can buy two new tyres.

On top of all of this, we have been looking at other rental properties since our current Property Manager seems less than sympathetic to our financial woes, despite us having fixed, replaced and repaired most things ourselves and ultimately saved the owner well in excess $1500.

But as Doris Day once said "Que Sera Sera, what ever will be will be".

Hopefully we get the place over at Hectorville.

Until next time - Stay safe and may your God go with you