life of a not-so-intrepid explorer
I've become a bit boring to listen to of late. All through this year I've been rather obsessed with money, or the lack of it, which is really just bad planning but why should I let that ruin all my fun? I try not to bring it up too often because there is nothing worse than listening to someone else go on about how broke they are, but every now and then the panic surfaces for a while. I feel even worse complaining about not being able to afford to go on the latest tourist jaunt that I've dreamed up when I read about all the other worthwhile things that people are doing and those that have real concerns in this world, but I promised myself I'd have this year out before I went back to worrying about that as well. When I got back from Germany I went 'what the hell, I haven't been out much for a while' and blew a little money that I shouldn't have. Really shouldn't have. Since I didn't manage to find extra work on top of the museum this last couple of weeks I'm going to be stretching it to manage accommodation and food in the weeks I've already booked to go to Spain. Great planning once again.
I bring all this up now not because I'm miserable about it. In fact I'm still having a lot of fun. I'll make it work one way or another at this point. I'm lucky enough to have family and friends who are kind enough to bail me out if it comes to that! (Though please God it won't) I bring it up now because there are things I keep saying I want to do and then not doing, and it is simply that I have no money at all left right now. So
flemmarde, I still hope to get more work in June and land on your doorstep out of the blue some time in July, but it may take another trip and a few more years before I do actually meet you face to face. As for anyone in the US who I vaguely hoped to include in a 'quick trip', well that's right off the agenda now.
To summarise: I am useless with money, a terrible planner, and a rather timid traveller. A year of self discovery eh? ;)