He appeared on Thursday last and will be heading out to the northwest later this week after we arrange to transfer the title of the Blazer to his name…again, and he manages to obtain auto insurance. We had made the switch last August and he had dropped his insurance carrier because he was going to be gone until next June. However....
Among the things he brought home with him was a wad of Guyanese $20 bills thick enough to choke a horse.
It translates to about $4,000 Guyana or $20 US. About what the average person in his village could live off of for two days. (Bread cost $240 per loaf…which isn’t all that bad. The $4K in the stack could buy around 16 loaves. Try that with $20 US.)
He left behind two roommates from California who were upset to see him go. (They were upset because he was the best cook and because they weren’t leaving.)
He has no job lined up out in the Eugene, OR area to which he is headed but has feelers out. He worked there for a while last sumer and his former employer (a tree service) said he would be welcomed back so he can always fall back on that. He has some friends out there with whom he can crash until he figures out where he’ll be working and living.
Footloose and fancy free. For a guy so allergic to cats, he seems to embody many of their traits.
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