After the cranky start to my morning karma punished me by giving me a flat battery in my 35 year three ton truck. Luckily well actually not lucky I simply dont belive in luck I knew how to go about charging the battery (it was not possible to move the old girl to jump start) but it got me thinking what makes a semi-successful fifo wife and I think I figured it out. Its about being indpendent, capable and well I did have the word but its gone… its a a bit of ‘we can do it’ attitude.
Personally I thrive on independence. I love it. I made that statement on a recent forum for fifo women and I don’t think it was recieved well so perhap’s Im a little unique in this field but I feel my most powerful and I will admit sexy (come on that’s an awesome feeling) when I have achieved something that is unexpected and with out the help of a man. I like the fact that I don’t need a man but want a man to get me through life. Brute strength the only thing lacking. I have my own tool kit that’s off limits to husband and I love know how to use a drill and wrench.I can hang a picture, I have stripped and sanded floors, painted rooms, serviced my cars since i was 16. I love being able to do all those things as well as put on a coat of lippy and gloss on my nails.
Perhaps this has all come about as I’m an only child and I am a little unusual in that I love being independent and capable. Whilst I should set the record straight I’m not a feminist, my parents raised me with all the knowledge thay could give me in case the unfortunate happened. I remember my father made me change the tyres on my car 35 times (seven times each tyre including the spare) when I was 16 years old and my mother gave me a sink or swim approach to life when I was thirteen all this has served me well and so this is what I think there is 10 essential things we should all know in not only surviving fifo but everyday life as a woman:
1. Changing a tyre..even for a four wheel drive. Come on ladies the number of times Ive helped a woman on the side of the road is an embarrassment to the female species. Check the manual or have someone show you be it a man.
2. Check the air in the tyres know the pressure this will be in your manual. Check the oil and water (do this every Sunday as a religion). Be able to top up each if required.
3. Know how to jump start a car its cheaper than having it towed and store a set of leads in the car.
4. Be able to mow the lawn and be able to fuel the lawnmower and to an extremity the dreaded whipper snipper.
5. Be able to check the fuse box in the house.
6. Know your phillips head from your flat head.
7. Manage your money.
8. Know CPR.
9. Being able to speak to a tradesman
9. Cook a mean lamb roast.
10. Put on a pair of heels and know how to flirt without making an ass out of yourself (easier said than done)
There is nothing more alluring and amazing than a woman who can take of herself..have a great Sunday.
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