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Apr. 25th, 2012 03:42 pmI've had health insurance in place for nigh on a month now and that means that hopefully within the year I'll be in a startling amount of discomfort and very happy indeed about it. This will mean of course that there will be no cycling for me for some time. There will also be no skating and that will make me sad and impact on my fitness. I'm really very dischuffed about this and it will drive me nuts but that simply can't be avoided. Losing skating for a while won't make a dent in my transport regime though. Losing cycling very much will.
I've resisted the idea of getting a car for a while. In many ways I *like* having a carless existence but some training sessions would be much easier with a car and finding my place within things like the SCA will be much easier with my own transportation. I've also been increasingly bailing out on stuff because getting there was all too hard. I think I've just about hit tipping point so I will do some sums, work out what I can afford as far as a loan goes and look at cars. So far something like a 2004 Corolla looks appealing. 1.8l motor, will cart stuff, not stupidly big, not stupidly thirsty, unlikely to break often. I might go with something smaller and my inclination in many ways is to do so and this might also save me a couple of thousand dollars or mean I can have something slightly nicer.
Thinking about transport arrangements and sleeping arrangements *eyes loft bed dubiously* and other things that will need to be dealt with does make surgery suddenly more real. It's exciting and scary and all sorts of things. I'm going to be in more pain than I've ever experienced before which is an unnerving concept but I'm going into it willingly and even happily. I want it at a level which is difficult to articulate but seriously fundamental and I suspect that the closer it gets the weirder it will be. God I can't wait.
I've resisted the idea of getting a car for a while. In many ways I *like* having a carless existence but some training sessions would be much easier with a car and finding my place within things like the SCA will be much easier with my own transportation. I've also been increasingly bailing out on stuff because getting there was all too hard. I think I've just about hit tipping point so I will do some sums, work out what I can afford as far as a loan goes and look at cars. So far something like a 2004 Corolla looks appealing. 1.8l motor, will cart stuff, not stupidly big, not stupidly thirsty, unlikely to break often. I might go with something smaller and my inclination in many ways is to do so and this might also save me a couple of thousand dollars or mean I can have something slightly nicer.
Thinking about transport arrangements and sleeping arrangements *eyes loft bed dubiously* and other things that will need to be dealt with does make surgery suddenly more real. It's exciting and scary and all sorts of things. I'm going to be in more pain than I've ever experienced before which is an unnerving concept but I'm going into it willingly and even happily. I want it at a level which is difficult to articulate but seriously fundamental and I suspect that the closer it gets the weirder it will be. God I can't wait.