The first time I traveled out of the country, I was very poor. And I had definitely not realized the impact of exchange rates! I had to call Charlie (my ex-housemate and close friend) and ask him to put money into my bank account. Which, no big except I was on day 6 of a 25 day trip!! Yup, he deposited money a few times during that trip, without complaint and without giving me any deserved lectures.
And that's why all these years later, I pay all of his bills other than his rent. He covered my idiot ass for YEARS. So it's fun "paying him back" now.
Are you sure about this? That sounds exactly like one of those phishing scams! Heh.
Yep, the meltdown on the phone convinced me it was indeed my niece!
Now I need to stop virtually shoe shopping and get something done.
I was thinking the same thing about a phishing scam. I have never heard of a scam --> real life before.
Most flattering mug shot in human history? [link]
That is handsome you just can't stop.
I suspect that the reason the scam works so often is that young, inexperienced travelers do end up in trouble often enough that there's a certain amount of believeableness to the situation. Being that said niece actually talked on the phone, and also deferred forwarding money she probably isn't being held at gunpoint or anything. ;)
stuck at dinky airport waiting for flight. thank god for free wifi & dinky browser on my kindle.
I am applying for a serious grown-up job. Like, a real job that I could do and they would pay me well! Which, of course, is resulting in a strong desire to start creating shopping lists on Pinterest. I've done all the nitty gritty stuff and now I need to write the cover letter, which is really important for a job like this. Don' wanna.
Some of the best job-seeking advice I got was not to stress over the cover letter too too much, unless you know for a fact that it will be seen by the hiring manager.
4 hour mechanical delay in St. Louis. That's a huge percentage of a 41 hour trip. At least I'm home and laundry is getting done.
OMG I am so tired. But good! My grandmother and I had a hilarious conversation on the ride home about how our family is so awesome.
