A little walking-around money

Kyra will be moving to New Zealand in a few months, so she’s been working on some of the logistics: housing, transportation, phone service, and so on. It’s a big undertaking but she’s being thoughtful and methodical about it, and I’m sure it’ll go smoothly.

I win (and lose) quarters every week in my Mahjongg games, and I noticed at some point I’d picked up a New Zealand fifty-cent piece that’s exactly the same size as an American quarter. (As it happens, New Zealand dollars are worth roughly half what U.S. dollars are, so the value is about the same too.) I gave it to Kyra so she has a little “native” currency as she gets ready…