Sounds great, Tony.
I on the other hand am cruising the kitchen looking for something to eat, but the cupboards are almost bare...10 days to go until next payment [the dog has plenty of food]. :-) ...had to get the car fixed this pension fn.
Luckily there's a new jar of Vegemite in the pantry. 
Can't go to the food bank..."what is this amount here debited to your bank account reading "Foxtel"? "You shouldn't be having all that internet, movies, sport in HD etc instead of buying food"! They would have a good point.
No worries, I'll just skip a bill payment of some sort...team bambu will survive. YouTube videos have taught me how to live on less.
Bringing two cars into the retirement village would've been ideal, ...one needs fixing, you drive the other one.
but, nowhere to park it but on the driveway...with the other one in the garage.
Defeats the purpose of drive up, depress the remote, garage door opens, drive car in and close door...don't get wet when it rains and don't ever have to get out of car to open garage door.
Wise us made sure there was a "govt transportation bus stop at gate "...good service, 'old people' can travel on the bus cheaply.
I will pray for you Bambu, I will pray for God to bless you. And I had the same thing happen, I had an unplanned emergency take my savings away, I had to pay $110 for a ride home from a Colonoscopy, they found and removed 10 pre-cancerous polyps, they saved my life, I need to go back next year and get another colonoscopy as it was so bad, but they saved my life. Anyhow, the ride home took all of my money, and so I lived on oranges, and pasta. I can get oranges for 4 for $1, and the pasta is $1.50, so we have cheap food at the store.
And I ride the bus, I gave up my car, I cannot afford a car anymore with the cost of the car, plus gasoline, and insurance, etc, I sold my car and I ride the bus. If I was rich, I would buy the electric Volkswagen Bus, if my movie and my poetry book are successful then I will buy a VW Bus. ( I also gave up smoking cigarettes, they are $10 per pack now, plus they are very unhealthy. I would rather spend the money on food and clothes, etc. ) I also like to walk, like they do in Europe, I walk to the store to buy dinner, etc, I walk through the park to the Mexican Market, it is such a beautiful walk through the park, and our city motto is City of Kindness, and everyone is kind. And I am healthy from walking everyday and from carrying my groceries, etc.
I have lots to be grateful for, sitting here in a beautiful apartment with a nice cup of coffee, with perfect weather outside, and I am optimistic about the future. I want a wife and a family, and I want to produce movies and television shows and I want to publish my poetry book, etc. But, meanwhile, I have a nice apartment and food to eat, so I am grateful. I have an attitude of gratitude.
If you live on rice, then you need beans to make up the other half of the needed nutrients, people who live on rice need to eat beans to go with the rice. The Mexicans always have beans with their rice. And they eat the prickly pear cactus with scrambled eggs, with salsa, and tortillas. The Mexicans can feed a whole house full of people on a minimum wage job.
I have not tried Vegemite yet, but I have lived on Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches. I hope God blesses you with food. And that is good that the dog is well taken care of.
It will get better here when they start filming more movies and television shows here, now that Newsom has lowered taxes for producers.
Salute,
Tony V.
