we'll start with the motorbike. Caught fire a couple weeks ago and the parts list to repair comes to almost as much as the insurance valuation. Add labour and I reckon it'll be a write off. I'm keeping positive as no one was hurt, it's insured, it's below freezing here so I'm not missing any riding and I get to go and maybe buy a new bike. Or maybe buy an old one and re generate my savings. Or come to my senses and give up bikes.
Now the car - due for it's MOT, which it passed (Roadworthiness certificate to you guys the other side of the pond) - mechanic found a fuel leak which cost about £60 in parts and labour to fix. I'm annoyed with myself because i knew it was leaking but didn't get round to fixing it - still, at least I'll get more mpg now. It's insurance in early February though....ah well.
mobile phone, only 2 months old, started to take 48 hours to charge fully, obviously faulty. I use the mobile for calls, texts, sat nav, web browsing, e mails, appointment book etc.etc. Sure they loaned me a phone, I can make and receive voice calls and text, but it doesn't even have bluetooth! at least the broken phone is under warranty and should be back within 28 days.
Finance - do i want to take voluntary release terms from work - a years salary tax free, then take my pension, or shall I grind another year out. My pension is incresing by £6k a year on teh lump sum and £2k a year on the monthly benefit. At 60 I could retire with enough money to buy a small cottage outright and a living wage to see me through, not in luxury, but in comfort. Pointless really though because i'm not eligible for early release, been ring fenced. So i'm pissed off that I can't get what I don;t really want anyway!!!
Romance - the relationship I'm in isn't growing at the pace I want it to! impatience !!!!!! As Bonnie Raitt once sang, time gets more precious when there's less of it to waste......but hey do I continue being patient or do I cut my losses????
Overall: These are all gold plated problems. Basically, i'm employed, fed, sheltered, sober and loved. Really, what more can a man want?
Note to self: Get a local sponsor. It doesn't work too well when your sponsor is 240 miles away.
Note to self: go and work with another alcoholic, there's more to this life than your life.
well that wasn't too bad, was it?
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It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you got. BB
Spoke to my sponsor last night. Yes, Patience is the way forward. Patience, reassurance, tolerance and acceptance and as he reminded me - deal in facts not conjecture, not projection.
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It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you got. BB
