One week....

OK..been home for a week, I am now ready to get a job and 'get on with things', I know I should take advantage of this beautiful weather and not having to work but there is something stirring in me that wont let me be idle for a few weeks.

I have been searching for a car, firstly I can't decide what type of car I want to buy, I am quite interested in the VW Golf, its a cute sporty little number and good on gas and I think VW is a good make, might be a little bit more expensive to maintain being a European car but its worth it for the reliability and comfort. The other type of car I was interested in was the Subaru Outback, I saw a very nice one at a dealer the other day when I was car shopping but something in the back of my mind was telling me I don't really want such a big car yet. When it is time for a big car it will be some kind of ute, which will prove to be very practical around the property when I get it.

Now...my motorcycle....I know exactly what type of bike I am looking for, there aren't as many to choose from here than there is in the States so the search may take a while. Saw a nice 2003 Dyna Superglide online and it had done 16,739kms which I think is about 10,000 miles the guy who is selling it is almost 2 hours drive away..I don't have a car yet so it would be a very long walk!!!

I feel so dependent on my friends right now which is so out of my character, it is amazing how we take our independence for granted when we don't rely on anyone for anything.....but if you think about it really hard we are all dependent on each other for our everyday necessities.

I am reading my favourite book again, Shantaram, and the advice one of the guys is given about living in India (he is an escaped convict from Australia and took off to India - true story) is... sometimes you have to surrender before you win....I guess that is how I am feeling right now, I am surrendering to the help of my friends.

Anyway....I am off to the cop shop to get fingerprinted so I can send them to USA to get a criminal check....got every other bit of paper I could have thought of before I left California, but I never thought for one minute to get a record of my criminal activities, now I have to deal with getting it from over here.

Its my friend's birthday this weekend and we are off for drinks and dinner tonight...one thing about relying on friends for rides is that I can have a couple of beers and not worry about it!

Cheers from Australia!