Driver Dramas

I couldn't believe it, the driver who disappeared for 2 days because he felt "uncomfortable" showed up for work Thursday morning!  I don't know what he was thinking but Marcus simply returned his belongings that he had left around the house and in the car, paid him what he was owed for his 2 weeks of employment and said goodbye.  Not the best way to start your working day, sacking someone at 6.30 a.m.  I am grateful that he did it and I didn't have to, I hate confrontations.  So that morning I went with a friend to a car rental agency in town who she rents her car from and has done for the past 3 years and speaks very highly of and I hired a little Toyota Yaris hatch for Marcus to drive to work.  We got it for a pretty good price, 15000baht per month which is about $460 a month.  It includes full insurance and all maintenance.  My friend who recommended them said she has had a couple of minor accidents and the lady who owns the rental company has helped her through everything and made sure she hasn't had to "pay" anyone except for the insurance companies excess fees which are minimal.  I found this quite reassuring as I can't imagine anything worse than being involved in a accident, even a small one, and having to deal with people and police who don't speak English. 

So today we could all sleep in and take our time this morning and then once we were all up and dressed I had to take my car in for a wash and there is a Golf Driving Range over the road so Sue, the kids and I walked over and hit a few golf balls around until the car was ready, it was a good way to spend the morning and the kids got to run about a bit too.  This afternoon we can take our time and drive into town without having to rush the car back in time to pick Marcus up from work.  I want to take Sue into Tuc Com and show her where we can go to buy our copy DVDs and CDs and phones and anything else we might want.  Then tonight Sue has kindly offered to babysit the kids for us so we can go out for dinner and some beers on I guess a sort of date.  We haven't been out without the kids for a while now, we are definitely due some adult time.

Now that the car and driver problems are sorted I hope things start to settle more around here and we can start enjoying Thailand more, without being burdened with unnecessary stresses.