Re: help

thanks for the helpful hints sharon...

unfortunately, my wife's boss did not meet the news of our carfree lifestyle
with such enthusiasm.... she works for the county mental health department,
working with developmentally disabled individuals. it is often necessary
that she does home visits, etc. although the majority of her job is done in
the office. her boss says that the county cars are not available for this
program, and that she must have her own car. needless to say, i am very
upset by this turn of events. it was so difficult for my wife to come to
the point to be willing to give up our car, and now "the system" demands
that she own one... even worse, is that her place of business is basically
demanding that we subsidize them by supplying our own car, maintaining it,
etc, just so that it will be there to do gov't work. disappointing and
discouraging to say the least

unfortunately my wife is not (yet) so strongly committed to the carfree
world that she is willing to look for a new job over this issue (after all,
just last week she was a typical car-owner, albeit one married to some sort
of anti-car fanatic). thus it seems that i must resign myself to replacing
the car for my wife's job. how then can we successfully balance her job
requirements with a carfree free time? i fear that as long as a car is
sitting outside of the house, it will be used more often than it should
be....

as for raleigh, it is a real nightmare if you are trying to live without a
car. luckily we live downtown and can walk to most of our favorite
restaurants, clubs, etc... but all the basic "necessities" (besides
groceries) have been banished to the edge of this ever-expanding city,
reachable only by 8-lane roads.... the light-rail system seems a faint
hope.... i am sure i will not be here long enough to see it.