Yesterday, a sweet Blogger Friend left a comment that I'm strong and loved.
Well, maybe not strong enough, but resourceful?
YES!
You see, I chickened out.
I got ready, preparing for my adventure, then had a thought.
There's a man here who made our wall, fixed a bunch of stuff in our yard and I've grown to trust him over the past month.
... yes folks ... it's already been a month!!!!!! ...
He has a truck.
His truck is just like the truck the last man drove us in, a Toyota 4 cylinder, although circa 1980. A little more modern.
I realized, hey, we had hired him to build the new well, and if I'm paying him to work, I'll ask him for help.
I asked him to drive me to Cabarete, because Papi was sick.
I told him I needed phone cards, to talk to the car dude and get to the bank to get his money.
He agreed!
I filled his tank with gas and off we went, 1st stop to talk to the car dude.
Well, all I wanted to do was tell the car dude we couldn't go to the lawyer today to get the papers, because Papi was sick.
However, he's a bit of an alpha and told my chauffeur to drive us to Sosúa, which was another 20 minutes south.
You could see my chauffeur wasn't happy about it, and I tried to say I don't want to bother him because he's working at my house, but the car dude wouldn't hear of it.
Off all 3 of us went in the little truck, that didn't seem to want to drive beyond 20 km/hr, but I got to my lawyer, I got my phone cards, I paid the chauffeur after a stop at the bank, AND we got our placard for our car.
Done!
Now it was time to head home and I said in very broken Spanish how thankful I am for his help and could I put more gas in his truck.
Right after we left the gas station, there was a sound in his truck that didn't sound like a healthy bang.
Oh, but the truck was NOT happy.
We drove 8 km all the way home.
A normal 30 minute drive with Papi was now taking more than an hour, but I'll tell ya, it was sure nice to let everyone pass us as I looked at the view.
When I'm with Papi, I'm so busy holding on to the 'holy fuck handle' above my head, white knuckling it while fighting off panic attacks, and saying, "OMG!!!!" so many times that I really don't have time to enjoy the view.
I'm too concerned with oncoming traffic as we pass car after car and think this is the end.
Yesterday was beautiful.
I got to look at goats, cows, kids, donkeys, chickens, stores that seemed like it was just a house with a few clothing items on hangers on the balcony, and people being hard workers.
I had the best time, and I had a body guard. Hell, at one point I had 2!
2 men that I could trust to get me where I need to go without trauma.
I have to say, Vancouver has scarred me for life with the amount of times I've been attacked and worse.
I'm terrified of people and like the comment yesterday reminded me, predators can smell fear.
How do you just stop being afraid, though?
After spending the majority of my life with P.T.S.D. brought on by the hands of rancid monsters, I just don't know how not to be afraid of strangers.
I suppose it will take time, and hey, we almost have our car, which I'll drive without a license before I take a 'taxi'/'bus'.
I really think that horrible experience in India has really had an impact on my fear, and considering the amount of times I've been attacked on a bus, I'm not just being paranoid.
I don't want to die like that.
I've already lived through enough in this life and reality is, in this world people can be terrifying.
I'll take that solo 'taxi' ride some other time.
In the meantime, I'd rather drive my car illegally.
Apparently, I'm good with illegal actions now.
Well, maybe not strong enough, but resourceful?
YES!
You see, I chickened out.
I got ready, preparing for my adventure, then had a thought.
There's a man here who made our wall, fixed a bunch of stuff in our yard and I've grown to trust him over the past month.
... yes folks ... it's already been a month!!!!!! ...
He has a truck.
His truck is just like the truck the last man drove us in, a Toyota 4 cylinder, although circa 1980. A little more modern.
I realized, hey, we had hired him to build the new well, and if I'm paying him to work, I'll ask him for help.
I asked him to drive me to Cabarete, because Papi was sick.
I told him I needed phone cards, to talk to the car dude and get to the bank to get his money.
He agreed!
I filled his tank with gas and off we went, 1st stop to talk to the car dude.
Well, all I wanted to do was tell the car dude we couldn't go to the lawyer today to get the papers, because Papi was sick.
However, he's a bit of an alpha and told my chauffeur to drive us to Sosúa, which was another 20 minutes south.
You could see my chauffeur wasn't happy about it, and I tried to say I don't want to bother him because he's working at my house, but the car dude wouldn't hear of it.
Off all 3 of us went in the little truck, that didn't seem to want to drive beyond 20 km/hr, but I got to my lawyer, I got my phone cards, I paid the chauffeur after a stop at the bank, AND we got our placard for our car.
Done!
Now it was time to head home and I said in very broken Spanish how thankful I am for his help and could I put more gas in his truck.
Right after we left the gas station, there was a sound in his truck that didn't sound like a healthy bang.
Oh, but the truck was NOT happy.
We drove 8 km all the way home.
A normal 30 minute drive with Papi was now taking more than an hour, but I'll tell ya, it was sure nice to let everyone pass us as I looked at the view.
When I'm with Papi, I'm so busy holding on to the 'holy fuck handle' above my head, white knuckling it while fighting off panic attacks, and saying, "OMG!!!!" so many times that I really don't have time to enjoy the view.
I'm too concerned with oncoming traffic as we pass car after car and think this is the end.
Yesterday was beautiful.
I got to look at goats, cows, kids, donkeys, chickens, stores that seemed like it was just a house with a few clothing items on hangers on the balcony, and people being hard workers.
I had the best time, and I had a body guard. Hell, at one point I had 2!
2 men that I could trust to get me where I need to go without trauma.
I have to say, Vancouver has scarred me for life with the amount of times I've been attacked and worse.
I'm terrified of people and like the comment yesterday reminded me, predators can smell fear.
How do you just stop being afraid, though?
After spending the majority of my life with P.T.S.D. brought on by the hands of rancid monsters, I just don't know how not to be afraid of strangers.
I suppose it will take time, and hey, we almost have our car, which I'll drive without a license before I take a 'taxi'/'bus'.
I really think that horrible experience in India has really had an impact on my fear, and considering the amount of times I've been attacked on a bus, I'm not just being paranoid.
I don't want to die like that.
I've already lived through enough in this life and reality is, in this world people can be terrifying.
I'll take that solo 'taxi' ride some other time.
In the meantime, I'd rather drive my car illegally.
Apparently, I'm good with illegal actions now.
every problem has a solution and i seek my solution with resolve
It would be amazing to start up an armed women's car pool!
ReplyDeletejust need to find a woman who can legally carry a gun ;)
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