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Homeless in AU

Ok, time for a rant, possibly a lengthy one, I aint written for a day or two have I?

Well, whats been happening.... When we last tuned in to the adventures of the Mark in the land of the Australian Intellect we learnt he wasn't suitable for the job at PowerCor (oh how I saw that coming when I left) and had been asked to move out of the motel...

Anyway, thursdays morning I wandered down to the PB office, first things first... whats happening with the mote? "We've been overruled..." Val says, "...you're moving back in." What?? Yes, for some reason I was to move back into the hotel for the night, maybe two and something was being sorted with one of the company apartments. Sounds fine to me...

So off I go to see Ron... "We have a problem with PowerCor...." I start, "we need to talk..." I continue. Oh, turns out Ron's late for a meeting, then off to NZ for some meeting. I quickly explain the situation and he's like "well, we cant afford to put you up in the motel if you're not working" so I told him I could probably stay with some friends I know here (if I begged) and said I was gonna see if I could make a little holiday of being here.

Anyways, off he goes I'm still unsure of whats happening, so I setup the laptop and do a little delphi, I ask Val if theres a phone I could use to connect to the internet "no" I get, mmm, darn it. I ring NZ and speak to Errol (hi) and explain whats going down, then take to town for a shopping and exploration trip.

Friday - not much happening today, slept in a bit, did a little bit of delphi work, nothing major, quite a boring day :) Saturday - ahhhh the weekend, walked around town a bit more, finding more shops to stop at and stuff, all fun fun, I've been sampling a few different cafe's and such around the motel, all really cool, great food, and they all play jazz, some with live bands which is excellent.

Got a taxi out to prahran to see the band's Sanity's Cage and Cyclone Tracy play at "The Cat House" which was a cool pub, met some cool people and had a awesome night listening to some cool metal, I recorded the show and it came out blimmin awesome, although a slight mishap meant I didn't get Cylone Tracy's show recorded (the mike came out and I think I put it back in the wrong hole :( Got home around 3:30 - 4ish and slept till about 3, I didnt really do much on Sunday night, I tried looking for a church within walking distance from the motel but didn't spot any :(

Well, now we come to today, Monday, the day of reckonning, the day of judgement, the day of "has anyone got a knife?"... I'm sitting in the PB office down on Queen Street, Ron just walked in and the conversation basically "you're still here? you didn't go back on Friday then?" "Are you still in the motel?.... that'll cost you a bit". He was adamant that he made it clear the company couldn't afford to pay the motel if I wasn't working etc. etc. and that I was supposed to move out, which in a vague-rushed-im-late-for-a-meeting kinda way I guess he did, it's a pity no one else at PB knew what I was going on cause all I knew when I came back on Thursday to confirm what I was happening was that the motel was booked till july 31st, and my flight was july 2nd.....

So, I guess what this means is that I go back to the motel, check out, and find somewhere to stay... Malcolm's (Christian Music Product's - CD Supplier to the Gods) wife said I could stay with them in Camberwell if I needed to, and Mark said I could crash at his place if I needed to as well. So I have options... I just love Ron's quote "I dont mean to sound mean, but there's a flight today..." heh, and here I was thinking some time away from Auckland would be a good change, I think I'm in more need for a stress free break NOW than I was before.... oh, and I have no window where I am at the moment as well! :(

I think I'll go wander up to Metal Mayhem and pick up those Nightwish CDs he got in, and for those internatinal orders/trades for people on TOEF, I'll send them as soon as I get back to NZ :P Hmm, I hope my pay goes in soon, my accounts look VERY empty of cash.... Spot ya people....

Addendum... I'm back at the motel, about to start packing things up and tell the staff i'm checking out. Spoke to Malcolm on the phone and it's all sweet to stay with him till Friday. I might even do some work in the shop in exchange for some CDs (his idea) so not sure what's going to happen. Hell, at this rate, I might even just see if I could get a ticket for tonight and just come home, at least it would be an end to this whole event.

Sigh and mopes Mark

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