I just spent an obscene amount of money.  But it's all settled.  I'm coming home.

Much earlier than originally planned, in fact.  I am once again really struggling with the fact that my grandpa is gone, and I am not at home with my family.  It's been stressing me out so much lately, that I haven't been able to sleep.  But having made the decision to ( Read more... )

I got a phone interview with Backroads!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mi abuelo es muerto.

It happened around 9.30 this morning (your time).

I'm so glad he's no longer suffering.  But I've been crying about every twenty minutes or so anyway.

I want to go home

I am ashamed to admit that I have been listening to way too much JT recently.  Nope, actually, that's a lie.  I'm more ashamed at the fact that I'm not ashamed that I've been listening to too much JT recently.  I've given in, and finally jumped on the bandwagon.

*sigh* where to begin?

My grandpa is really sick.  No, not sick, just dying.  He had ( Read more... )

Wow.  So much has gone on in the past two months, it's just crazy.

The 1st of November I headed up to the Coromandel Peninsula, and area I had heard was amazing, but had only planned on staying a week or two before continuing my travels in the rest of New Zealand.  Well, the peninsula got it's hooks into me, and I ended up spending six weeks there ( Read more... )

Internet is frickin' $2/20 minutes here, so I'll make this quick ( Read more... )

Kenzie is going to meet her dad for the first time since she was really little.  She's really, really nervous right now, and I really, really wish I could be there for her.  Just to give her a hug and tell her I love her in person, not just online.  She seems so vulnerable right now.  The frustration of not being able to be there for her has ( Read more... )

So one big thing I forgot to mention in my post yesterday...this is for all you Kiefer-sexuals out there:

My Texan roommate was flying somewhere, and ended up sitting next to this guy for a bit, and she, being the super talkative and friendly type, struck up a conversation with him about global warming.  They talked for quite awhile before she moved ( Read more... )

Well, I left the farm yesterday, and now I'm happily situated with a family of three in Rotorua, which is a touristy city about four hours south of Auckland.  This time I'm not on the coast, but I am in a very lakey area, so there's still plenty of water for me to play on.  Actually, I should get out on the water a whole lot more now, because I'm ( Read more... )

Well, I made it!  After a quick stop to see Bradley (and get a ride in his rustbucket of a car sans brakes and seatbelts!) and Brian, it was off to the airport!  But wait!  No, the transmission went out on Brian's truck just as we were leaving for SF.  So I had to take a taxi (my first taxi ride ever, btw), to the airport.  But after that, things ( Read more... )