Hello all,
Just wanted to let you all know what’s going on. Big changes are afoot in my life, and I’ve decided to grab the bull by the horns and do something totally different…
You will have remembered I made it back from Norway, with the help of many of you awesome LB members, and managed to get a job in IT, and eventually (after some time of enjoying Bigguses generous and well-appreciated hospitality) some digs of my own.
Now, suddenly things have totally turned on their head again. Our landlady here decided to be a Mad Bint and decide to give us Peaceful and Rent-Paying Tenants four weeks to get out of dodge, and a week later I get sacked from my job… just brilliant! Initial attempts on just getting another flat with my lovely flatmate were foiled by the fact that the landlords would call off the deal upon learning I can’t produce a work reference… a catch-22 situation. So the threat of ending up with no place to live at all is very real. And in the end I was forced to think about some pretty fundamental things in my life…
Basically, I’ve been tired of the IT job grind for a long time… I never last long in each job and cracking on will just be more of the same. I thought about driving lorries instead for years as well as looking for other alternatives, but I always lacked the money and/or time to actually follow through on it… so…
Rather than pissing away the money I’ve been squirreling away on trying to survive in London until yet another IT job is found, I’ve decided to leg it to Germany and get my HGV licence there. After a lengthy series of telephone discussions :w00t: my dad accepted this to be a Wise and Reasonable Plan and offered me some accomodation until this feat is accomplished. Once it is I will have to GTFO but until it is, I have a place to stay there.
Hence, me and my decrepit but still fully Functional Motorcycle will be sailing the seas to Europe on Friday night, where I hope to kick off all the paperwork next week Monday and sort first aid course, physical examination etc. Then if all goes well I will start my training shortly, and I’ll be able to use my stash of money to invest into my future instead of just wasting it away on survival, or some flash new motorbike 
Once all is done, you will likely see me again over this way on these shores as I have much love for this country, this city, it’s people, it’s bikers, the whole atmosphere… However I will be likely driving around your Tesco groceries rather than slaving in an office, or risking my hide couriering on the streets of London.
Those of you that know me probably figured out I have a pretty colorful personality, and that I always tend to get at loggerheads with people, so I hope the sort of job where I have people in my face for a very small part of the day will allow me to actually last, and not switch jobs every few months…
Wish me luck in this undertaking, thanks to all of you who have supported me during my troubles, and I will see you all again at some point I’m sure. I’ll get down to Borough Market on Wednesday to say goodbye to various people, maybe I’ll see you there too.
So long,
- Stefan Mechanic
