Hello again! It turns out the longer I waited to write a post (especially one as in depth as the travel ones I had been producing) the harder it was to begin. So, instead I am taking some of the pressure off and will try to post more frequently but with less information.
Today, a few updates:
- We’re still in Christchurch, NZ!
- In fact, we’re still in the same hostel
- I now work as an assistant manager at the hostel
- Actually, that’s one of my 2.5 jobs
- The other job is as a retail assistant at a yarn shop here in CHCH
- Which means I’ve now worked in three different yarn shops in two countries
- My ‘half’ job is as a freelancer writer for an online North Carolina newspaper
- You can see my recent articles here
- We’re still safe – apart from a few border failure, NZ has had almost no community transmission of COVID for months
- This is totally insane
- It also means we have an essentially normal life here; no masks, no isolation
- Of course, this could all change any day, so it’s still nearly impossible to plan for the future
- But for now, it’s enough
- We still miss everyone back home
- There is a cat here
- The roses are blooming
Wishing you all a happy (almost) Thanksgiving!