A stranger is just a friend you haven't met

A stranger is just a friend you haven't met.
This was evident the moment a stranger offered  me a place to live.

On Thursday morning, realizing that I was 4 minutes behind Google Maps's schedule, I booked it out of my house and ran to the bus stop. I was out of breath and falling over but looked to my right and saw the heavenly sight of my usual bus. A lady to my left commented, "don't worry, you made it!"

I sat down first and she took a seat in front of me. Turns out, she works for my university doing administration stuff. She was really interested in my exchange experience so I told her my whole story, including the part about me being homeless in exactly one week.  Megan immediately suggested that I stay with her.

"For a whole month?"
"Yeah, if you don't mind."

Mind? This random stranger was offering me a room for a month, free of charge. She also suggested that I take their campervan, park it on the beach, and sleep by the water. We exchanged numbers and parted when we got to campus. This morning, when I was walking with Dito to do my groceries, she drove by, honked and waved.

I've been having problems with my debit card and since I forgot to tell my Canadian bank that I was travelling, they decided to freeze that too. So Dito and I stood outside the Freo markets while I shook out the last pieces of change I had. One dollar and fifty-five cents. That was the only money I had and I won't be receiving my debit pin for another 2 business days. And of course Vancouver is 15 hours behind so I gotta wait for the bank to open. Should've opened a visa account with TD (This one's for you, Sunny).

Fortunately, I've been making friends with this Chinese lady and her brother that work in the market. I purchase most of my groceries from their stand. Today I walked up to her, explained my situation and asked what I could buy with $1.55. "Poor you", she sighed, and gave me some chard at a third of the price and threw in a free banana. I now have 55 cents. 

Thank goodness for nice people. My next mission is to find something in Perth that I can buy with the remainder of my money. Any suggestions?