133) Off to Oz
About two weeks before Dominic was due to leave for Australia our dear dog Muffin’s health began to deteriorate. She was weak, lethargic and off her food. I took her to the vet who did some test and diagnosed kidney problems. She gave Muffin an injection and a course of tablets, which did help a little, but she was still not completely well. Then two days before Dominic was due to fly out Muffin took a turn for the worst. All weekend she would not eat and just lay on her bed. By Monday morning she could not stand and could hardly hold her head up. I took her back to the vet, who thought that it was cancer in her kidneys. The only way to be sure was further testing and as the poor old girl was almost 15 years old and would not survive any treatment that we could give her for the cancer we decided to let her go peacefully. We were very sad to loose her; she had been a wonderful pet, a real comic and had given us all a great deal of pleasure. I stayed with her while the vet gave her the injection and she fell asleep in my arms. I think that was the best for her, she had suffered enough and there was no more we could do for her.
The next morning we were loosing another loved one. Not so sadly though, Dominic was off to Australia to a new land and a new life. He wanted to go and we were pleased for him even though we would miss him greatly. We now had an empty nest.
While Dominic was still in South Africa and working for a firm called Omron he had contacted Omron in Australia to see if they had a position for him but he did not get a reply from them although he did managed to find out the name of their manager and the contact details in Australia. When he arrived in Sydney a few days before Easter he telephoned Omron and asked to see the manager. He got an appointment with him and was interviewed for a job. The manager said that he would be contacted after the public holiday to tell him if he had been successful or not. On the Thursday before Easter he got a phone call from the manager to ask if he would be prepared to start work straight after the holiday. He was very pleased to get employment so quickly.
He then needed to get himself a car and started looking around. A friend of Siân’s told Siân that her husband had a car for sale and Siân told her that her brother-in-law was looking for a car and that he might be interested. When Dominic went to see the young man who was selling the car he offered to sell him the car for $1. I have a feeling that for the transaction to be legal money must change hands but in fact the car was given to him. It was a rather old Subaru but it went well and served his purpose for quite a while.
He then found a small flat in Berowra to move into. It was very tiny but as he did not have a lot of furniture it suited him for the time being. I think he had only been in Australia about two weeks when he had got himself a job, a car and a flat. He joined the Baptist Church in Berowra where he started to make friends and settle into his new happy life in Australia.
The next morning we were loosing another loved one. Not so sadly though, Dominic was off to Australia to a new land and a new life. He wanted to go and we were pleased for him even though we would miss him greatly. We now had an empty nest.
While Dominic was still in South Africa and working for a firm called Omron he had contacted Omron in Australia to see if they had a position for him but he did not get a reply from them although he did managed to find out the name of their manager and the contact details in Australia. When he arrived in Sydney a few days before Easter he telephoned Omron and asked to see the manager. He got an appointment with him and was interviewed for a job. The manager said that he would be contacted after the public holiday to tell him if he had been successful or not. On the Thursday before Easter he got a phone call from the manager to ask if he would be prepared to start work straight after the holiday. He was very pleased to get employment so quickly.
He then needed to get himself a car and started looking around. A friend of Siân’s told Siân that her husband had a car for sale and Siân told her that her brother-in-law was looking for a car and that he might be interested. When Dominic went to see the young man who was selling the car he offered to sell him the car for $1. I have a feeling that for the transaction to be legal money must change hands but in fact the car was given to him. It was a rather old Subaru but it went well and served his purpose for quite a while.
He then found a small flat in Berowra to move into. It was very tiny but as he did not have a lot of furniture it suited him for the time being. I think he had only been in Australia about two weeks when he had got himself a job, a car and a flat. He joined the Baptist Church in Berowra where he started to make friends and settle into his new happy life in Australia.
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