June 19, 2024
Pierre came to town yesterday. I hadn’t seen him in a few months. We spent the day together. We drove up through the port hills and hung out in Lyttelton. It was really nice to see him. I saw him at the beginning of my NZ trip, in the middle, and at the end.
I really enjoy talking with him. He’s one of the few people who I can talk to about my ‘fringe’ interests like consciousness and metaphysics and UFO’s.
He’s bought a car to do some road tripping. He’s sleeping in the back. I introduce him to Mark and Jayne. That was funny.
We went to the Alpha course. We had a nice meal. I still find the religious videos annoying. The way they talk about God and spirituality just doesn’t feel natural to me. It’s so limiting. They seem so self-important.
I was with Mark and Jayne again today. Jayne bought herself a nice oak desk. Then Mark and I went to his wood working class. Afterwards we went to drama class.
The drama class always ends up being boring unfortunately. We always end up sitting in a circle and talking for two hours. It’s kind of crazy. We’ve only done acting activities once or twice. I was expecting something like Second City.
The guy who runs it is really friendly, though. I just wish there were more activities.
I’ve got three more restaurant shifts. I can’t fucking wait for that to be done. It’s amazing how long I worked there. There were so many times that I decided I was going to quit.
I’ve been there four and half months. That’s insane. Tomorrow and Friday are going to be very long days. My last shift is on Sunday.
I’ll have more money saved than I thought. I was hoping to have $1500, but I’ll have over $2000. I don’t know when I’m going to be working again.
$2000 will definitely be enough for July and August, since I won’t be paying and rent.
I’m also hoping I’ll get the $500 bond back from the my roommates. I think I will.
I’m just nervous that there was some rule about not getting it back if I leave before 6 months. I’ll have been in this place for about five and a half months.
I’ll be in Brisbane in a week and a half. That’s pretty crazy. The warm weather will be nice.
Mom was telling me about Athabaska University. It’s the online school that she just completed. She said she enjoyed it.
It’s the same one that Gaby is doing. Apparently she likes it as well. So I’m thinking that it could be an option.
The upside about online Uni is that I can live anywhere. I can make sure I find a nice place with a nice job. I don’t have to be living in the middle of nowhere.
The downside is not physically being at University. Learning online is very different from being in a classroom.