yeah, i had to pull out all stops to not end up homeless, sold my spare laptop, and a few other things, and was lucky i bumped into my current employer and they wanted someone to build a nostr relay for some blockchain project

the stress of it all made my friend crack up also, some kind of paranoid psychosis about being spied on or something, i think he is ok now, still around, maybe even reads my posts, at least i know once or twice he has responded, but it was some time since then

he did not adapt to living in madeira at all, and i can understand that... it was a hella strain for me, but i had no place to run back to or any way to pay to go there, so i went hell for leather to get sorted out, i'm glad i did, life has been pretty good, once i got adjusted