To briefly recount the unbelievable events of the past few months, let me begin with my arrival back in the beautiful land of Middle Earth.
I made it back, just one day behind schedule due to weather, signed a 6-month lease after about a week of staying with kind, generous friends, survived a psychotic first flatmate, fled house with the verbal approval of my property manager (bad idea on the verbal o.k. on my end), psychotic flatmate then fled the country, was in danger of flat abandonment thanks to that, paid rent in two different places for over 2 months, several extra thousand dollars later....was secured with two lovely, caring friends living in a cheaper flat in Aro Valley, and about 3 months and a whole trimester later, finally had my student visa approved after shelling out over a thousand dollars for extra reports and forms than I thought would be necessary. Still managed to land a part-time job waitressing, enroll for summer school (Latin, yay!), and perform in a non-profit Weta Workshop show (Project Born). Upon reflection, I realize that beating myself up for my current financial hardship is a rather silly thing to be doing, but alas- we can't always help ourselves.
After some inevitable panic and self-hate for not being able to just fucking go to school, work, go on a well-deserved holiday for Christmas, and not have money problems, I decided it was time for some more intensive scholarship searches, blogging, networking, and money-begging. Y'know...because that novel I'm working on won't quite be making a billion doll hairs in the next couple of weeks.
Mind you, not all things are bad at the moment! I've had some wonderful, brilliant opportunities and experiences in this short space of time that I've been back, met fantastic humans, gained precious friendships, re-enrolled at the university I know that I belong at, endured, conquered, and am on the road to bettering myself. I may just need some extra help along the way as usual. If you're still reading these, sharing, or contributing in any way, I thank you SO much.
As a thank-you for being so helpful and caring, I give you an example of how my modeling experience is expanding:
You're welcome. ;) Now sign up here for charitable donations!
xoxo, The Destitute Doll x
