Here In My Car...I'm Grinding The Gears...

11:02pm: Dad ended up taking his new car to work today and it wasn't feasible for him to go by Mum's work and get the BMW, so I ended up having to drive the manual after all. Sigh! I didn't really grind the gears that badly, I suppose...but it was still rather nerve-racking. So much so that I ended up leaving the Macquarie Centre before the last hour of ice skating so I didn't go at all. Sniff. I did sit up in the food court that looks over the rink though and saw some girls being coached and this woman who had to be in her 60s doing a little routine - no jumps - but it was pretty cool.

I was able to see from my vantage point that the rental skates are no longer blue, they're neon orange, ewww, so ugly! :OP It's almost enough to make you want to buy your own pair just to save your eyes. But yeah, no money for that.

I do have to go over there tomorrow though because Dad forgot to take some very important stuff with him. My original plan was to take the bus, because for quite a while the road home is only two lanes - one of which is a 24 bus lane, but Mum thinks I should use the car again. Thinking about it though, I have to go to the apartment tomorrow with some light bulbs and to check the mail and I'd probably be able to catch a bus directly to the hospital where Dad's at that way. So probably not a bad idea after all.

Speaking of the apartment, oh man, there's been a bit of a fuck up re: the phone, when the combined internet, landline and mobile bill arrived in my inbox today I was horrified to see it was for $250! What the everloving fuck?!

A quick investigation of the bill showed the problem...calls from the landline to mobiles. Fuuuuck! I hadn't really thought about that when I called up to bar certain services from been used by the phone. I can't remember anymore if I asked for only local calls to be allowed or if I only asked for international and 1800 numbers to be barred, in which case...that was a stupid fucking mistake on my part. D: All the same, I didn't think phone companies still charged like wounded bulls for mobile calls, God damn.

Anyway, Mum ended up getting involved, although I had spoken to the tenant's daughter earlier and she had been OK with paying the extra amount, Mum though, wanted to make sure that the tenants would know not to call mobiles and apologise for the mix up. Sigh. Plus I still have to call the Spintel people and make sure only local calls can be made! Ah fuck.

Now, I'm here watching I Shouldn't Be Alive, which certainly makes one count their blessings! In tonight's ep a poor fellow fell 20 metres or something while climbing, shattered his pelvis and had to spend four days dragging himself over rocks and stones to get help! Unbelievable stuff right there.

And I guess I should wrap this up and head to bed.

Wish me luck for tomorrow! And man I gotta get on the job hunt for real as well...damn my lazy ass.

So yeah, goodnight!

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