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October 23, 2006
a release from limbo...
For the past couple weeks, I've been waiting to hear back about my second working holiday visa for Australia. Now, I had anticipated a bit of time involved in the process, during which I'd planned to celebrate some friends' weddings, fix and sell my car, visit the family and generally relax and enjoy myself.
Well, that all pretty much fell apart. Regrettably, I only made it to one of three weddings I had planned to attend. This was due to the lovely fact that the garage took a week to fix my car (understandable) but didn't realize that my heater coil was cracked/broken and leaking coolant onto the floormats. Needless to say my car is still messed. On that note:
For sale, fire sale in fact!
1995 VW Golf, 129,000km
5sp manual, 4 door
new battery, brakes
needs a heater coil
all offers welcome!
I did manage to see the family, through the use of rental cars. And why did I rent vehicles? Sounds expensive? Well, it wasn't that bad. A bus ticket home is around $100. That is a trip with 2 transfers, one in Toronto and one in Ottawa. That's also a one-way ticket. Sounds alright til you realize it's a 10-12h trip. I cannot stand that type of time on a vehicle, unless it's a plane across the Pacific. I rented a car for three days for the same price of that ticket and paid $50 worth of gas, which got me home and back. All that and the total travel time return in the car was less than a one-way trip on the bus. Not a good state of affairs for public transportation in this country.
My time in Waterloo has been highs and lows. The highs were partying with old pals, some crazy nights at Oktoberfest and hanging out in the finally renovated Bombshelter. The lows have been the lack of transportation and what felt like endless days waiting to hear about my visa. I've already missed my scheduled return to Oz, but no worries cause my days of hanging in limbo (the state, not the dance) are over. Today I got my visa. I'm heading back to Australia on Friday!
The flights are booked and now I know my schedule. I'll be back to work, back to paying bills and back to a normal life. Well, as normal as I like it to be...it's not 9-5, but that's why I love it.
As always, drop by Alice Springs if you're down undah! I'll have a couch ready for you and a beer in the fridge!
Posted by Dr.Unk at October 23, 2006 10:55 PM
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