My brother forgot that he had booked a social meetup with me. Fine. My car is fixed. I'll be leaving at 8am tomorrow. No idea when I'll see them again. Hopefully 5+ years.

After spending more time with my brother, I can say that my brother is demanding. His standard for me is much higher than his standard for himself. Or that's my observation.

When he's made a negative comment about me, I've kept my mouth shut. I didn't discuss his flaws. I guess I'm at his mercy because I'm staying at his place. Once I'm gone, that's it. I will mentally isolate him in my life.

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Day 2
I have gone on a little excursion to see the city I had lived in for 2 years. The trip took forever. That was a problem because I missed the opportunity to stay at the accommodation I wanted to stay at. By about 15 minutes. All because I stopped too often. So, my mistake. I headed back towards my final destination. I never saw the city in daylight, never saw where I'd lived in the past. Oops.

Day 3
I travelled today, driving. The car is in good working order. I drove for hours on the energy of a coffee cake, since I am usually caffeine free.

I wonder when I will see my brother again.

More traveling today.

That's for day 4.

Omg

I have arrived in my city. I was last here a couple of years ago. It's nice to be back. I did 3 days of driving. So much driving.

Day 5
Today is relaxation day. I want to have some nice food, maybe see a movie, go for a walk, that sort of thing. After 3 days of traveling, I need a rest.

Slightly interesting things which happened during the trip are seeing the Google Street View car twice in separate days and seeing (and hearing) what happens when a boat trailer brake locks up. Lots of smoke.

Day 6
Today I need to buy a banking phone. I banking phone is a device I use which is only used for banking, reducing the chances of getting malware on it. I've done this for about 6 years. The last banking phone was given to my girlfriend's brother after 3 years of use as he didn't have a phone. He had a sim, he's halfway there.

Is this necessary? Who knows. But it reduces worry and stress, knowing that the large amount of money in my accounts is safer than if I didn't have a banking phone.

The cost is very low per year, I always buy an inexpensive phone. I guess giving away an old phone rather than selling the phone increases the cost but he might find it useful.

So I bought a cheap Oppo phone, did a factory reset and then updated the apps. It all went reasonably well.

Still lots of things to do, I'll progress through the list as best I can.

Day 7
Now that the banking phone is working, I need to get the credentials for the accounts I have from the banks. I've kind of mislaid/lost them. That's my challenge today. If I achieve it, I'll see a film at the cinema.

I was successful in doing that, so I saw the latest Alien film. It seemed below average budget but it had a good story.

Day 8
Today I want to go to storage, rent another unit (my current one is maxed out and I need to sell items, also I want to put my suitcase there). Plus rent a post office box and join the gym.

Name of the film?!

I think the newest one is called Romulus.

Yes, the film's name is Alien Romulus. It was pretty forgettable, but most are. Not all, though.

I joined the gym, got a new storage unit for sorting stuff which is in unit #1, and then tried to get a post office box. It's kind of difficult. Lots of post office box setups have been removed, and the website hasn't been updated.

In the evening I got ready for sleeping in the car. It sounds grim but it's not actually grim if you follow one simple rule: spend as little time as possible in the car. Anyway the evening went well, no problems. I last slept in the car about 18 months ago. I guess I can tolerate that. Not everyone can.

Day 9
Today I am treating myself to another film. I guess I'm allowed a treat now and then. The name of the film is Blink Twice. Ratings on IMDb aren't great but it's nice to get away from the car. That's why I like going to the cinema. When you are there, you get carried away by the film and forget you are in the cinema. That never happens at home watching a DVD. I also need to get a post office box.

By the way, I think my phone is banned from using the public library WiFi in the city. I downloaded a lot of porn from Reddit, I guess they noticed. I used the app to do that, maybe Reddit gives the reddit.com/subredditname https address which the library has a look at. How dare they!

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So I saw the film. It was... unusual. I can't really rate it on a scale of 0-10 but it was very high on the unusual scale.

What I did think about briefly during the film is an issue I have. So the worst thing I have experienced in my life is losing a family member. The second worst thing? Looking for a job. I don't know why I find it so stressful but that's the situation. I'll definitely need help. Which I have had in the past.

Another thing I will have trouble with is days when I don't talk to another person. I absolutely hate days like those. I feel as though I have failed as a human when I go through days like that.

It turns out that I probably have a saviour. Facebook messenger. My girlfriend, who is in another country and I Skype a lot, but she's out in the countryside and the internet is slow where she is. We can't Skype after say 10am my time because her internet is too slow. Well it turns out that Facebook messenger has a better compression algorithm than Skype so we can talk on days when I don't speak to anybody. So that's good. I just found out that in the last few days. I don't really use Facebook that much, so I never knew.

I want to buy an iPad and iPad pencil and start drawing technical drawings. I'll do that in the next few days. Until I get a job I want to use it as a way to be creative, and also as a way to destress. But I bought one back in 2018 and barely used it. I can't get it to unlock or something. But I was thinking, why did I stop using it? Why did I actually forget I had it? I figured it out in the last few days. My father died. He must have died within a few months or so of buying the iPad. So it just got forgotten because of his death.

He took a risk. No doubt a risk he had taken many times before. Elderly, he needed a walking frame. But he took the risk of going from his comfy chair in his bedroom to the table where he prepares his food without using the walking frame. Unfortunately he fell and a month later, he died.

Sorry about the somber post, I guess these will happen now and then.

Day 10
Today I want to find my second car key from the new storage unit. I also need to find out about storage units and how much they cost. I need to downgrade my storage unit and the "problem" is that in 2012 I started renting a unit, they haven't increased the price since then. So everyone has increased their prices, mine hasn't changed. I've saved a lot of money but there's not a lot of financial incentive to downgrade.

So I found the spare car key. It's now hanging around my neck. If I lose my main car key I'll need the spare. As for the storage, I made some calls and found out that it's definitely worth selling most of my household items. So that happens in a few days.

I went to the cinema (yes, again) and watched Twisters. I've seen it before. It's a good film, doesn't take itself seriously and is long, which I like. I'm getting my money's worth.

Day 11
I woke up sore. My back was sore. I think it's because I'm spending all my time in the car. That needs to stop. The car seats are a bit sporty shaped which is ridiculous since it's definitely not a sports car. That's not good for my back.

I've had a cold for about 3 days so far. It really had an effect on my mood. I felt so despondent about finding a job. I don't know how long it will take to find a job. One of my theories is that how long to find a job is extremely random. Two people with the same experience could find a job in totally different time periods. One could be 20 times the length of the other.

I'm not just despondent about getting a job. I'm also deponent about getting a car and accommodation when I return with my girlfriend. Plus a job of course. So that's three things I want, plus a job now. Four things to achieve as soon as possible, when they are needed.

One of the things about my girlfriend is she cannot plan. I don't mean she chooses to not plan, I mean she cannot plan. I've only observed her plan once, and that was to not tell her daughter something.

So all the planning falls on my shoulders. With the added bonus is that when I fail, which has already happened, it's 100% my fault. No one else's.

Admittedly she's never criticised me for my failure but I really would like to share the burden sometimes.

My mood improved during the day, I'm pleased to say.

In the afternoon I went to the local public swimming pool. I wanted to see if I could reduce the back pain a bit by being weightless in the pool for a while. It did seem to work afterwards. Lots of children in the pool, I should have gone later on or much earlier when the children were at school.

Sleeping in car can fuck up your neck too, are u using backsits?!

Unless you've found a job now, you can go on weekdays in the meantime.

Day 12
I had a bit of a relaxing day, being a Saturday. I did about 3-4 weeks of receipts which have been slowly building up in a pile in the car. I just photograph each one and write the spending in a notebook.

That took about 2-3 hours. I also bought a foam mattress, it turned out I didn't need it. It was second hand. Very cheap. It's going into storage.

My back is improving, my neck is fine.

I think anon is dead.

no updates?

Apologies for the delay in updates, I'll do that very soon, probably today.

are you ok?!

Thanks for your concern everybody. I will be catching up today and posting twice a day until I get back to normal activity.

Happy to see you