Signing off, Dari Dawg
On this lowly Tuesday night here in chilly Denver, Colorado... this will be my last post from these shores ever. EVER! And so I begin typing...
I was planning a huge summary of my life over the past five months, but there's just way too much to write about. Maybe when I get back home, I'll try do something...
Apart from working (and shopping) this weekend, I've just been trynna cram 6 months of crap into my luggage. I'm allowed two bags in the hull weighing a max of 60 kgs or something, but I'm pretty sure I'll be over weight though! And I have my golf bag as an extra piece of luggage. I'll probably end up paying $100 in penalties... the hidden cost of big shopping!
So I've been feeling quite anxious the past two days - I don't know if I'm happy or sad to be leaving. Workwise, I'm FUCKING over the moon that I'm bouncing, but a part of me doesn't want to leave. But I'm really excited about getting back to the land of the living, chilling with The Boyz... or maybe trynna find some new friends since I've heard some people have seriously CHANGED!
Being cut short by a month, there's a lot of shit I didn't get to do which makes me quite grumpy. NYC and Frisco will have to wait, I didn't get to do as much boarding as I wanted to, I haven't been to a monster truck rally and I didn't see Carmello and the Nuggets play... maybe next time!
Anyways, here's a summary of my travels:
August 2005, arrive in Denver, Colorado:
Off immediately to Chicago, Illinois, the second biggest city after NYC.
Then it was off for four weeks of hard grind in Omaha, Nebraska in November and December:
I flew off for a weekend to Hotlanta, to get gangsta'd up:
Over Thanksgiving, I hit the big time in Las Vegas, Nevada:
And finally, Toronto, Ontario (Canada) for the best Christmas and New Years holiday with my brother and cousins:
But it's been a frikken amazing. This time has flown by so quickly, yet it feels like forever since I left (if that makes sense?). I am grateful that I was given this chance to come here. It's taught me a lot and given me the chance to do shit I never would've been able to do back home. And not to mention, the majority of my galavanting has been on the work's account (AWESOME - my December credit card payment was $7500!!!!).
Even after all the crap we had, like getting robbed, having unexpected medical bills to pay, working up to 14 hours a day six days a week, sleeping 4 hours a night... Overall, I'm happy I did this. And I might even do this again if I get the chance later later this year. But probably not to Denver, somewhere with less client work, warmer weather and less issues.
Anyways - guys, it's been fun relaying my randomness for ya'll to read. Who knew I'd crack over 5000 hits on a random blog like this? Where the hell those readers came from, who knows?
This is a great country, no doubt. Life here is good, but it's no South Africa. And because of that, I know I'm gonna be much happier back home.
With that, signing off for the last time in this country, til we meet again,
Dari Dawg in the USA.
I was planning a huge summary of my life over the past five months, but there's just way too much to write about. Maybe when I get back home, I'll try do something...
Apart from working (and shopping) this weekend, I've just been trynna cram 6 months of crap into my luggage. I'm allowed two bags in the hull weighing a max of 60 kgs or something, but I'm pretty sure I'll be over weight though! And I have my golf bag as an extra piece of luggage. I'll probably end up paying $100 in penalties... the hidden cost of big shopping!
So I've been feeling quite anxious the past two days - I don't know if I'm happy or sad to be leaving. Workwise, I'm FUCKING over the moon that I'm bouncing, but a part of me doesn't want to leave. But I'm really excited about getting back to the land of the living, chilling with The Boyz... or maybe trynna find some new friends since I've heard some people have seriously CHANGED!
Being cut short by a month, there's a lot of shit I didn't get to do which makes me quite grumpy. NYC and Frisco will have to wait, I didn't get to do as much boarding as I wanted to, I haven't been to a monster truck rally and I didn't see Carmello and the Nuggets play... maybe next time!
Anyways, here's a summary of my travels:
August 2005, arrive in Denver, Colorado:
Off immediately to Chicago, Illinois, the second biggest city after NYC.
Then it was off for four weeks of hard grind in Omaha, Nebraska in November and December:
I flew off for a weekend to Hotlanta, to get gangsta'd up:
Over Thanksgiving, I hit the big time in Las Vegas, Nevada:
And finally, Toronto, Ontario (Canada) for the best Christmas and New Years holiday with my brother and cousins:
But it's been a frikken amazing. This time has flown by so quickly, yet it feels like forever since I left (if that makes sense?). I am grateful that I was given this chance to come here. It's taught me a lot and given me the chance to do shit I never would've been able to do back home. And not to mention, the majority of my galavanting has been on the work's account (AWESOME - my December credit card payment was $7500!!!!).
Even after all the crap we had, like getting robbed, having unexpected medical bills to pay, working up to 14 hours a day six days a week, sleeping 4 hours a night... Overall, I'm happy I did this. And I might even do this again if I get the chance later later this year. But probably not to Denver, somewhere with less client work, warmer weather and less issues.
Anyways - guys, it's been fun relaying my randomness for ya'll to read. Who knew I'd crack over 5000 hits on a random blog like this? Where the hell those readers came from, who knows?
This is a great country, no doubt. Life here is good, but it's no South Africa. And because of that, I know I'm gonna be much happier back home.
With that, signing off for the last time in this country, til we meet again,
Dari Dawg in the USA.
posted by Dari at Tuesday, January 17, 2006
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