christmas and cars

yesterday was the canada club christmas party. we actualy didn't think we were gonna get to it cuz it was in the one area of melbourne that doesn't have a train or tram line running anywhere near it (and buses are HORRIBLE, especially on a sunday). the functions co-ordinator arranged rides for us though. she couldn't find anyone from our area coming to the party so one of the commitee members and her husband said they would come get us (we even offered to take a train slightly closer to the party but they came to the house). they actually live in the suburb that the party was held in!! the club president and his wife drove us back home even though we live in the opposit direction they were going! it was a good party though and i'm glad we went. i even got to have a couple kokanees (mmm...canadian beer). we are now going to join flexicar this week. i've been putting it off cuz we've gotten by for 3 years without a car so it seems weird to pay around $12/hr ($80/day) to use a car but that does include petrol and insurance and all that so if we're just going to use it once a month for a few hours it definately is cheaper than owning a car plus from the environmental perspective it will end up saving petrol if we use it sometimes instead of getting family pick us up and coming out of their way to get/drop us off us always. this may make it easier for christmas too if we have access to our own car to get around to the different family things with my mom (i was gonna hire a "rent-a-bomb" for a week cuz they have cheap weekly rates for metropolitan driving but cuz me and my mom are going away with denise right after christmas there's no point in having a car around for a week).