I got a great "Welcome home" yesterday as I went out to do my errands. It was so nice to see that some things never change... it still took me almost 3 hours to do a few things in town. I still had to drive all over to find stuff to clean the toilets. I still didn't get a straight answer about anything in the bank. Our truck still isn't properly registered, so I got to pay a fine to a nice policeman. The only reason I was able to pay the on-the-spot fine was because I had been planning to buy Coke and cleaning supplies, so I had brought more money than is usual or necessary with me! Of course, I negotiated a little, and had I been able to open my purse and physically show him that I only had 20 pounds with me ($10) then maybe the fine would have only been 20 pounds. As it was, I had a 50 pound note ($25), so that's what the fine ended up being. Sigh.
I should have been wearing my cute little dress, and maybe I could have gotten out of the fine all together. As it was, all the policeman got was a big white sweaty girl, sweating right through her big old t-shirt! So I had to pay the fine :( Of course, it's getting reimbursed by the organization, since it's not my fault the truck doesn't have the proper paperwork - the one who's responsible for it hasn't been in town for a while!
So yeah, it's good to be home. Bouncing around in the illegal truck, sweating and being confused about just about everything. Yup, it's good to be home.
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