Looking for friends
So I'm 37 an I arrived in NZ from Scotland on the 6 mth disaster relief visa in May 2023 and the company asked me to stay, I thought awesome and by October '23 I was on a 3 yr visa.... This is where ling went south real quick. In March '24 I had a motorbike accident that left me as an above knee Amputee. I stayed with my GF who I met in June last year after leaving hospital in June this year. But me being an Amputee has been too much for her. So today I moved out. 1x 70L bag and a backpack. It's everything I own and quite a sobering thought to be 11000 miles from from home, different hemisphere, different continent, in a city where I'm just renting a room. Where I don't have a single friend. Just a prosthetic 🦿 leg, a couple of 🩼🩼 and learning to walk now almost 6 months on from the accident. Still not strong enough to walk unaided and eventually when I am and actually have my moulded socket (on a temporary one ATM) I'll return to the UK where I have no family left.
I honestly don't know what the future has in store for me except maybe some more hardship, but if you're going through something similar. Be strong until you're not, then find a way to see tomorrow.
Anyone in Hamilton looking to make a friend/mate.