Another week gone, just like that. As we were walking today, Laura and I came to the realization that April is next week. This is crazy!! Where did March go?! Although it is good in that we have break the last two weeks of April, it’s not so good because I have a 2,500 word paper due the day before break begins. Gosh darn it. I always hate when professors have work due right before or after a break. In this case, I have both. Grr…oh well.
This week started out with a bang right after I finished writing my last blog. Turns out that boys are still stupid even here on the other side of the world, and some girl time was needed immediately. Laura, Nicole and I grabbed some Wine Bubbles (wine spritzers of sorts?) and headed to the fountain in the park near my house. We had way more fun than should be allowed on a Sunday night. A lot of it involved just running around, laughing, and being together. I’m so lucky to have found two close friends over here. It definitely makes being away from my other friends and family much easier, since we’re all going through the same thing. I don’t know what I would do without them and their silliness (for proof of the silliness, check out the latest pictures…or really any pictures of us).
After that, the week calmed down. Monday meant back at school, although we went to pizza night as always. We experimented with a new type of pizza this week that involved buffalo mozzarella. Sounds kind of yucky, but it was absolutely delicious. We only got a small last week to try it out, but there’s already been a consensus to just get two larges of that type this week. Needless to say, I will probably dream about it tonight in anticipation.
The plan was to go to Zealandia this weekend, a nearby nature conservancy. However, Laura’s class schedule had her busy in the middle of a Saturday afternoon, so we decided to wait until Sunday. The three of us decided to do a little shopping and see a movie after Laura was finished with her work. Although a relatively unsuccessful shopping day (probably a good thing!), the movie was interesting. Most of the movies and TV shows here are American, but we decided to see a movie that had been written and produced in New Zealand. It was called “My Wedding and Other Secrets,” and involved an Asian girl hiding her relationship from her strict parents. It made me think back to good old Centennial. Afterwards, we hit up to grocery store on the way home. I needed to buy my share of garbage bags for the house. Instead of charging for a garbage service in Wellington, you have to use a specific bright yellow bag, and it costs over $10 for five bags. Yuck. Luckily, we don’t have to pay to recycle, so we do a lot of it! We also picked up some Tim Tams, the absolute best cookies ever. They’re chocolate wafers with chocolate cream in the middle…covered by another layer of chocolate. Kind of hard to go wrong! After our purchases, we headed back to my house to watch some Sex and the City. It was a lot of fun, as always!
Today, Sunday, we (Laura, Nicole, Sarah my “roommate” and I) decided to head to Zealandia. Unfortunately, it was pouring by the time we got downtown to catch the bus, so we decided to can the idea until next week. We weren’t about to go rushing off to spend $20 each (and that’s with the student discount!) if we were going to get soaked. So instead we decided to revert to a true and trusted plan...Tim Tams and Sex and the City. Sound familiar? This time we also included gummy bears. Yum! Of course, as soon as we got back up to my house, the weather cleared up and it was a perfect day outside. Silly Wellington weather. It reminds me of England weather, although the rain was more severe than I’m used to, making us think that it might rain all day. Apparently not…maybe before I leave I’ll get the best of Windy (and Wet) Welly.
And now here I sit, typing up a blog entry instead of reading my religion articles. I’m sure I’ll get around to it eventually. I am enjoying the laid back lifestyle that I have here, and I’m becoming worried that I won’t be able to get back in to high gear once returning home. Something tells me I’ll get back into the groove of things. Who knew that studying abroad could also be a break from usual stressful and jam-packed schedule of working, schooling, and fluting. It feels really good to be able to read for fun more than twice a year and hang out with my friends every weekend without worrying that I’ll be up all night working to make up for it. At the same time, I’m excited about everything that will be happening once I get back home. I’ll get myself back into shape with my two jobs and some weekly flute playing once returning so that I’m ready to go when school rolls around.
There are no plans to go out of town next weekend, but there are plans to try to get to Zealandia again and to get to the rugby game on Saturday. It should be an interesting experience to say the least! I’m so excited that break is coming up and that my parents will be here soon. Today the screensaver on my computer came on and the girls were excited because a picture of my parents had popped up, so I did a little family album tour (don’t worry, Mom, you looked fine…although they still don’t think we look anything alike). I’m really lucky that I have my family visiting me while I’m here, as most of my friends won’t see their families until they get back home in July. And they’ll be here right after my birthday! Hooray! But first, there is the rest of March to get through. Hope everyone has a great week!
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