Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
Old blues title for this blog entry and it partly relates to my current situation.
For all of you who think I am/was loaded due to working in the IT consulting industry, think again. I am now down to NZ$30…and thats it! This is after borrowing $120 from my friend Neal a few days ago. Funny how quick it goes when you top up your prepay on your phone, buy some crackers and cheese and a few bananas and a mars bar and one or two guiness at the Pig and Whistle.
Due to a cock up by the bank, some money I was being sent has been delayed so I now have to wait until Wednesday before I have any money of my own again, albeit a loan. Oh well, typical for me…
So yesterday was spent not leaving the house and thus not spending any money. Today I walked down the hill with Neal on his way to work. I hope to buy a few vegetables, crackers and cheese to nibble on before tucking into a meat dinner that Neals house mate Rodger knocks up every night.
Neal lives with two Queenstown cabbies, Rodger and Willie. Rodger is an ex Pommie and Willie is a Kiwi. They are both over 50 and are good lads as they have welcomed me to stay for a few days and Rodger cooks a meal every night. Neal is normally at work so I get his food :0).
I will feel better once I have money of my own. Right now I am a bit down. I cheer up when I get text messages though so feel free to send one (+64 21 058 3235).
So for a few more days i will be bound to the TV and watching E! or Sky Movies. Today is warm but cloudy. The weather is due to improve by Tuesday. I was told that this is the worst summer for rainfall and sunshine in NZ for 50 years or something silly like that! I picked a good time to come. Don’t get me wrong there are some great days, just not enough of them.
Queenstown is not as busy as I thought it would be. It is no busier than the last two times I came here, or so it seems.
Some more good news, Robin and Bizzie are hoping to drive down from Nelson and be my sugarmammas! It will be great to see them here in Queenstown.
My friend Justine just sent me a quote from a book she is reading so I thought I’d steal it and post it here…
“Traveling (and one might as well say living) turns us into creatures of hap and contingency. We are forever navigating in fog, where the sensations of the moment are intense, and both our point of departure and our intended destination are lost to view in our concentration on the overwhelming here-and-now. Things are constantly happening, but we’re in no position to judge their meaning and significance.”
I must add that time takes on a different meaning when you are travelling. I never know what day it is and rarely what time it is! This makes for a very unstructured and sometimes uneventful day but often it makes for a remarkable and incredibly enjoyable day, I’ll take the rough with the smooth…
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