Another dusky dolphin and me and Kai, along termer at the hostel who is leaving tomorrow. he's been there since I started the job so it will be weird without him!
Sunday, April 01, 2007
Friday, March 30, 2007
The other day someone asked exactly what managing a backpackers entailed.. People also seem to think its filled with excitement or something! (and its not!)
Okay so here goes.. here is my day..
7:30am Alarm goes off, get up and dressed and get money out of safe etc..
8am Open reception, attach phone to waist ( I carry it around me all the time so I dont have to run for the phone which is quite handy..), unlock spa and put chemicals in it, (were quite lucky with our spa.. its not like the party hostels whose spas are always joked about by saying you need contraception to get in them.. netherless its good to test it and make sure its clean with the little litmuss paper!) sweep leaves and empty ash trays and clear up wine bottles etc, switch lights off, open windows, feed cats (that one usually gets done first because they are mewing at me so much..) and have breakfast. Of course while I do that morning routine people are checking out, asking me lots questions, and some people try to check in.. god knows why people think their beds will be ready for them at 8:30am? Then you've got the lonely people travelling alone who want someone to talk to.. (incidently the conversation is always the same.. where have you been? where are you from? and where are you going?)
9am Ruth gets up and we clean. (while answering questions and checking people in and out..) some people try to sleep in but I politely knock on their doors at 10:15 and say you do realise that check out is at 10am (I can be nice about it.. but if their still in there in another 15 minutes the teacher voice will be used..)! We have usually finished cleaning by 11:30am when Ruth finishes to get ready for her other job. I then collect peaches and lemons etc to put in bowls for free, check the online bookings, have lunch and then start my baking!
The afternoons tend to be quiet so thats when I pull a mattress out on the roof and and do a bit of reading and writing, check my own emails, do the gardening, get all the washing off the line and fold it up (have got very good at folding double sheets!) - think about how many sheets etc I have to wash each day! I tend to sit outside talking to guests at this time of day as people are checking in and asking all sorts of questions.. (I am expected to know everything.. and to lend them everything.. from what will the weather be like to do I have hair straighteners.. and of course I have to know every single tourist attraction.. hence me getting freebies to try them all out!!) I also have to be a counsellor for the girls missing their boyfriends at home and the people wanting to find themselves by travelling...)
The people who have just arrived in the country tend to be most demanding.. today a guy who wont sleep on top bunks.. tough luck matey thats the last bed..(honestly.. we have 90 year old ladies backpacking on their own who are fine with top bunks.. god knows why an 18 year old boy cant cope?! he says hes afraid of falling out!! admittedly that is something to get used to in NZ, no rails of top bunks so if you roll in the night you would fall out - but thats surely all part of the fun.. actually my backpackers is great as we only have 2 bunkbeds the rest are all proper beds! i like hostels with no bunks!
Then at 6pm since the clocks changed its windows shut and lights on.. dinner in front of friends then shortland street..! (never get to see a whole episode due to the bell ringing..). I have become convinced that people will ring the bell when your the furthest away from it that you can possibly be.. I could have been in the office 2 minutes before and they would have seen me.. but they wait till I am at the end of the garden till they ring the bell...
Then I close reception at 9pm, empty all the money out washing machines and the internet, cash up and make sure everything balances..
Depending on whose in each night I might spend the evening outside taling to people or in the spa (once everyones checked in for the night I will sometimes put a note on reception informing people that reception has moved to the spa.. and I take the booking diary and the phone next to the spa..) or watching TV or a video in my lounge. Obviously once again i cant have a whole conversation of see a whole film without the bell ringing but at leats I have down time its not as if I'm working full on for the entire 14 hours.. otherwise I'd die..
Then at 10pm I lock the spa and switch the music off.. and hopefully I can be in bed by ten past 10! Of course life doesnt always work out like that but on a good day everythings done and dusted by then.. of course you still have the stupid English ppl calling from the UK trying to book a room not thinking about the time difference.. whether they think we have a 24 hour reception or what I dont know! Anyway I have to answer the phone or they will carry on rnging and I wont get back to sleep but I tell them no I cant check the bookings as I'm in bed and they are usually quite apologetic!
So thats the excitement of my day! Of course how good a time I'm having depends on who is staying. I've been lucky this week as there has been plenty of nice ppl!
A girl called Susan from Brighton is staying this week which is nice, weird thinking about the UK aqain! Have decided I may (MAY) live in Brighton one day (definately never Worthing again).
Hank my skipper the other day from the dolphin watching trip came by to see me.. I'm not exactly sure why.. I mean men dont usually call in on women with a bottle of wine for non ulterior motives.. but unfortuntely hen not my type and having got the low down on him from Moira he has quite a lot of kids from different women dotted around the country. BUT hes a nice enough bloke to have as a friend, salt of the earth type so hopefully we can just be friends and he can introduce me to ther locals.. but the good thing is that i was telling him how much I want to do a whalewatch but how I couldnt get a freebie.. so hes talked to a friend and I am now booked on a whalewatch for tomorrow so thats great! I have to get up early for it though before sunrise.. and walk to where the boats are rather than where the office is.. so an hours walk in the dark should be fun! But it will be worth it to see whales! (and for free - the trips are expensive as theres only one compnay they can charge what they like!)
A couple of nights ago was quite funny, this israeli guy had been flirting with me all night but since he hadnt got anywhere with me by 10pm when I informed him I was off to bed (alone) he decided to stay another night and bought a bottle of wine to share with me (but I've learnt 1 or 2 drinks is enough in the spa.. so he was not impressed as he got drunker and drunker waiting for the other 7 ppl to get out the spa so he could be alone with me and make his move.. but the other people who I was happily chatting to didnt get out the spa so he ended up drinking himself unconsious waiitng and having a little strop out that no he couldnt come up to my flat!
It has been SOOOOO hot here lately, we were the national high yesterday apparently.. so Laurien had a good idea the other night by getting the ice cubes out the freezer and that way we could still sit in the spa under the stars but rub ice cubes all over ourselves (you end up sitting on the edge holding ice to cool yourself down.. the hot tub is much better on cold and rainy nights really!!
Anyway needless to say I'm looking forward to my day off tomorrow! I get very excited about my days off!! Early night for me tonight so I can get up early to whalewatch!
Its first of april today (even though at the top of this it will say 31st!) cant believe its April already! how did that happen! the rest of my visa is going to run out so quick!
Okay so here goes.. here is my day..
7:30am Alarm goes off, get up and dressed and get money out of safe etc..
8am Open reception, attach phone to waist ( I carry it around me all the time so I dont have to run for the phone which is quite handy..), unlock spa and put chemicals in it, (were quite lucky with our spa.. its not like the party hostels whose spas are always joked about by saying you need contraception to get in them.. netherless its good to test it and make sure its clean with the little litmuss paper!) sweep leaves and empty ash trays and clear up wine bottles etc, switch lights off, open windows, feed cats (that one usually gets done first because they are mewing at me so much..) and have breakfast. Of course while I do that morning routine people are checking out, asking me lots questions, and some people try to check in.. god knows why people think their beds will be ready for them at 8:30am? Then you've got the lonely people travelling alone who want someone to talk to.. (incidently the conversation is always the same.. where have you been? where are you from? and where are you going?)
9am Ruth gets up and we clean. (while answering questions and checking people in and out..) some people try to sleep in but I politely knock on their doors at 10:15 and say you do realise that check out is at 10am (I can be nice about it.. but if their still in there in another 15 minutes the teacher voice will be used..)! We have usually finished cleaning by 11:30am when Ruth finishes to get ready for her other job. I then collect peaches and lemons etc to put in bowls for free, check the online bookings, have lunch and then start my baking!
The afternoons tend to be quiet so thats when I pull a mattress out on the roof and and do a bit of reading and writing, check my own emails, do the gardening, get all the washing off the line and fold it up (have got very good at folding double sheets!) - think about how many sheets etc I have to wash each day! I tend to sit outside talking to guests at this time of day as people are checking in and asking all sorts of questions.. (I am expected to know everything.. and to lend them everything.. from what will the weather be like to do I have hair straighteners.. and of course I have to know every single tourist attraction.. hence me getting freebies to try them all out!!) I also have to be a counsellor for the girls missing their boyfriends at home and the people wanting to find themselves by travelling...)
The people who have just arrived in the country tend to be most demanding.. today a guy who wont sleep on top bunks.. tough luck matey thats the last bed..(honestly.. we have 90 year old ladies backpacking on their own who are fine with top bunks.. god knows why an 18 year old boy cant cope?! he says hes afraid of falling out!! admittedly that is something to get used to in NZ, no rails of top bunks so if you roll in the night you would fall out - but thats surely all part of the fun.. actually my backpackers is great as we only have 2 bunkbeds the rest are all proper beds! i like hostels with no bunks!
Then at 6pm since the clocks changed its windows shut and lights on.. dinner in front of friends then shortland street..! (never get to see a whole episode due to the bell ringing..). I have become convinced that people will ring the bell when your the furthest away from it that you can possibly be.. I could have been in the office 2 minutes before and they would have seen me.. but they wait till I am at the end of the garden till they ring the bell...
Then I close reception at 9pm, empty all the money out washing machines and the internet, cash up and make sure everything balances..
Depending on whose in each night I might spend the evening outside taling to people or in the spa (once everyones checked in for the night I will sometimes put a note on reception informing people that reception has moved to the spa.. and I take the booking diary and the phone next to the spa..) or watching TV or a video in my lounge. Obviously once again i cant have a whole conversation of see a whole film without the bell ringing but at leats I have down time its not as if I'm working full on for the entire 14 hours.. otherwise I'd die..
Then at 10pm I lock the spa and switch the music off.. and hopefully I can be in bed by ten past 10! Of course life doesnt always work out like that but on a good day everythings done and dusted by then.. of course you still have the stupid English ppl calling from the UK trying to book a room not thinking about the time difference.. whether they think we have a 24 hour reception or what I dont know! Anyway I have to answer the phone or they will carry on rnging and I wont get back to sleep but I tell them no I cant check the bookings as I'm in bed and they are usually quite apologetic!
So thats the excitement of my day! Of course how good a time I'm having depends on who is staying. I've been lucky this week as there has been plenty of nice ppl!
A girl called Susan from Brighton is staying this week which is nice, weird thinking about the UK aqain! Have decided I may (MAY) live in Brighton one day (definately never Worthing again).
Hank my skipper the other day from the dolphin watching trip came by to see me.. I'm not exactly sure why.. I mean men dont usually call in on women with a bottle of wine for non ulterior motives.. but unfortuntely hen not my type and having got the low down on him from Moira he has quite a lot of kids from different women dotted around the country. BUT hes a nice enough bloke to have as a friend, salt of the earth type so hopefully we can just be friends and he can introduce me to ther locals.. but the good thing is that i was telling him how much I want to do a whalewatch but how I couldnt get a freebie.. so hes talked to a friend and I am now booked on a whalewatch for tomorrow so thats great! I have to get up early for it though before sunrise.. and walk to where the boats are rather than where the office is.. so an hours walk in the dark should be fun! But it will be worth it to see whales! (and for free - the trips are expensive as theres only one compnay they can charge what they like!)
A couple of nights ago was quite funny, this israeli guy had been flirting with me all night but since he hadnt got anywhere with me by 10pm when I informed him I was off to bed (alone) he decided to stay another night and bought a bottle of wine to share with me (but I've learnt 1 or 2 drinks is enough in the spa.. so he was not impressed as he got drunker and drunker waiting for the other 7 ppl to get out the spa so he could be alone with me and make his move.. but the other people who I was happily chatting to didnt get out the spa so he ended up drinking himself unconsious waiitng and having a little strop out that no he couldnt come up to my flat!
It has been SOOOOO hot here lately, we were the national high yesterday apparently.. so Laurien had a good idea the other night by getting the ice cubes out the freezer and that way we could still sit in the spa under the stars but rub ice cubes all over ourselves (you end up sitting on the edge holding ice to cool yourself down.. the hot tub is much better on cold and rainy nights really!!
Anyway needless to say I'm looking forward to my day off tomorrow! I get very excited about my days off!! Early night for me tonight so I can get up early to whalewatch!
Its first of april today (even though at the top of this it will say 31st!) cant believe its April already! how did that happen! the rest of my visa is going to run out so quick!
Monday, March 26, 2007
Just had a my day off again. Had a great day, got up early and went dolphin watching, I could have gone swimming but am glad I didnt because it was really rough out there and the swimmng was hard with the waves going over you and when you try and get on the boat again you get slammed against it.. anyway watching them was great!
People were so sick that they were laying down while staff held a bucket for them to vomit into.. when we got out this girl was laying in the changing rooms haveing to be pulled out of her wetsuit while still retching.. lovely aye?
but I was one of the lucky ones and didnt feel in the remotist bit sick! I had to hang on for dear life and got completely drenched by the waves a few times but it was still great!
Dolphins are bloody hard to get photos of, you'd never guess from my photos that there were hundreds and hunders and hundreds of dolphins out there! (I'll put the photos up soon).
Then I had fish and chips for lunch and wandred round the shops, went to see Ruth in her shop, fell in love with an icebreaker sweater I cant afford,.. then went to New World and did my weekly shop, came back home and some people staying at the backpackers were heading to Fyffe House some old whalers cottage so i went there with them, its about a 45 minute walk away so it was disapointing that it was shut when we got there.. but a healthy walk I suppose!
Then I went out for a pizza at the black rabbit with Ronya (had yummy "Hunters Pizza" which was venison, wild pork, blue cheese and pine nuts.. scrummy) and then we went to the cinema and saw Stranger than Fiction, a strange but good film with Emma Thompson and Will Farrel in.
I was going to go on the star gazing trip of course but as it was cloudy it was cancelled hency me going to the cinema.
Now I just have to decide what to do on my next day off..! I've already booked myself on next Mondays stargazing so now i just need to decide what to do in the day.. I think maybe the whale watching trip as i still havent seen a whale close up, I've seen them far in the distance but I want a perfect photo of the sperm whales tail!
People were so sick that they were laying down while staff held a bucket for them to vomit into.. when we got out this girl was laying in the changing rooms haveing to be pulled out of her wetsuit while still retching.. lovely aye?
but I was one of the lucky ones and didnt feel in the remotist bit sick! I had to hang on for dear life and got completely drenched by the waves a few times but it was still great!
Dolphins are bloody hard to get photos of, you'd never guess from my photos that there were hundreds and hunders and hundreds of dolphins out there! (I'll put the photos up soon).
Then I had fish and chips for lunch and wandred round the shops, went to see Ruth in her shop, fell in love with an icebreaker sweater I cant afford,.. then went to New World and did my weekly shop, came back home and some people staying at the backpackers were heading to Fyffe House some old whalers cottage so i went there with them, its about a 45 minute walk away so it was disapointing that it was shut when we got there.. but a healthy walk I suppose!
Then I went out for a pizza at the black rabbit with Ronya (had yummy "Hunters Pizza" which was venison, wild pork, blue cheese and pine nuts.. scrummy) and then we went to the cinema and saw Stranger than Fiction, a strange but good film with Emma Thompson and Will Farrel in.
I was going to go on the star gazing trip of course but as it was cloudy it was cancelled hency me going to the cinema.
Now I just have to decide what to do on my next day off..! I've already booked myself on next Mondays stargazing so now i just need to decide what to do in the day.. I think maybe the whale watching trip as i still havent seen a whale close up, I've seen them far in the distance but I want a perfect photo of the sperm whales tail!
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Sunshine and BBQ's
Vincent my friend from Franz Josef came by yesterday which was great! we had a BBQ with Charlie, Bree, Ruth and Nessie which was cool. We chatted and caught up drank wine and had a dip in the spa which finished us off for the night. Unfortuntely he didnt know I am managing the place so had already booked somewhere else.. (well or his friends had as hes travelling with 3 others) still it was nice to catch up!
By 8am this morning it was probably 30 degrees so its another schorcher here and I'm peeling for other day when i got burnt on my fishing trip so am having to be careful and stay out the sun.
tomorrow is my day off again!! yay!! have booked a dolphin watching trip for 8:30am and will hopefully do star watching in the evening and if its not too hot in the afternoon walk to some caves..
spoke to my sister amanda the other day which was nice, havent spoken in ages. I feel really bad, the trouble is when someone has just had a baby I worry that whenever i phone its going to be the wrong time so end up not calling.. anyway so i called.. Charlotte cried for the entire conversation but it was nice to chat to my sister again.. its been so long and i realised I must phone more often!
By 8am this morning it was probably 30 degrees so its another schorcher here and I'm peeling for other day when i got burnt on my fishing trip so am having to be careful and stay out the sun.
tomorrow is my day off again!! yay!! have booked a dolphin watching trip for 8:30am and will hopefully do star watching in the evening and if its not too hot in the afternoon walk to some caves..
spoke to my sister amanda the other day which was nice, havent spoken in ages. I feel really bad, the trouble is when someone has just had a baby I worry that whenever i phone its going to be the wrong time so end up not calling.. anyway so i called.. Charlotte cried for the entire conversation but it was nice to chat to my sister again.. its been so long and i realised I must phone more often!
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
I forgot to mention that I saw a blue shark when I went on my fishing trip which was pretty exciting.. it was really big! (about 2.5 metres) cool aye? didnt manage to get phtoos though, its so hard to get photos of marine wildlife and wildlife in general.. they keep moving!!
Went out last night, its good to go out a bit as otherwise I end up staying at the backpackers all the time.. the trouble is that as i hardly ever drink anymore I cant handle it! so got more than a bit tipsy, I actually had no intention of drinking and was just going over to see Charlies new flat, but drinking games were in progress and several jack daniels and sprites later I was perhaps not as sober as I could be.. (by the way its a really nice combo, I've always liked Jd and coke but never had it with sprite before).. anyway it was Jakobs leaving do and several other people I didnt really know.
so then we went down the strawberry tree and played a bit of pool and got chatting to various people.. I felt old again, its worrying how young people are in pubs nowdays.. of course they always have been.. I was one of them once..I talked to this guy for a couple of hours who didnt smell like he was a sheep shearer and turned out to be a teacher so we had a bit in common.. but he was 21! ( I know age gaps work for some but I think its easier for women to go out with older men rather than the other way round.. I might be wrong though!) But I generally feel very old around younger men which isnt a good thing!!
Also turns out I dotn have alot in common with newly trained teachers as they are still keen and enthusiastic about teaching!!
had weird dreams last night, dreamt about the Uk for the first time since I left.. dont know what that means.. I was waiting for my takeaway in an indian.. lol probably just means that I could do with a damn good indian meals!!
The cooking for money is going well, I've stopped myself eating the first cake or cookie of each batch otherwise I'll be the size of a house but yesterday I wa s abit worried as I hadnt tried this choccie biccie receipe before and what if they were disgusting so I went to go and try them but they'd all gone (I had preceisely put them out 4.5 minutes previously..still on the cooling rack.. well I figure they were okay then??!) Its great for me as I make quite alot each day which adds up during the week and tops up my wages nicely!
Went out last night, its good to go out a bit as otherwise I end up staying at the backpackers all the time.. the trouble is that as i hardly ever drink anymore I cant handle it! so got more than a bit tipsy, I actually had no intention of drinking and was just going over to see Charlies new flat, but drinking games were in progress and several jack daniels and sprites later I was perhaps not as sober as I could be.. (by the way its a really nice combo, I've always liked Jd and coke but never had it with sprite before).. anyway it was Jakobs leaving do and several other people I didnt really know.
so then we went down the strawberry tree and played a bit of pool and got chatting to various people.. I felt old again, its worrying how young people are in pubs nowdays.. of course they always have been.. I was one of them once..I talked to this guy for a couple of hours who didnt smell like he was a sheep shearer and turned out to be a teacher so we had a bit in common.. but he was 21! ( I know age gaps work for some but I think its easier for women to go out with older men rather than the other way round.. I might be wrong though!) But I generally feel very old around younger men which isnt a good thing!!
Also turns out I dotn have alot in common with newly trained teachers as they are still keen and enthusiastic about teaching!!
had weird dreams last night, dreamt about the Uk for the first time since I left.. dont know what that means.. I was waiting for my takeaway in an indian.. lol probably just means that I could do with a damn good indian meals!!
The cooking for money is going well, I've stopped myself eating the first cake or cookie of each batch otherwise I'll be the size of a house but yesterday I wa s abit worried as I hadnt tried this choccie biccie receipe before and what if they were disgusting so I went to go and try them but they'd all gone (I had preceisely put them out 4.5 minutes previously..still on the cooling rack.. well I figure they were okay then??!) Its great for me as I make quite alot each day which adds up during the week and tops up my wages nicely!
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Views from my balcony.. I love that moon when its reflecting in the sea!!
Have had a busy time lately. When i was at Five rivers I met Lindsey who came and stayed with em over the weekend. It wa sa mad busy weekend as it was a surf contest and St Patricks Day which meant alot of people and alcohol!
The previous night Linds and I went out to The Adelphi and Strawberry tree for a few drinks and the place was crawling with surfers. Bumped into kens friend Ben as well whose a surfer. Not sure I like surfers, took full of themselves (not Ben but the blonde long haired ones who look like models and have girls in bikinis fawning all over them), they remind me a bit of glacier guides. then Ruth, Brie and Charlie came down and we played pool.
There is something called Big Day Out in Auckland and we had one of the DJ's from that come down and do "big Night Out" in Kaikoura, so me, Linds, Ruth, Charlie aand Brie went out to that St Patricks day. We started drinking at 7pm so by the time I finished work at 10pm I was more than a bit tipsy. Got a massice bruise of my knee that still hurts from falling up the stairs.. but should think glad that was all i hurt since I had a bottle of wine in each hand at the time..wasnt actaully drunk at that time though.. its just usual for me to fall up and down stairs whether I'm sober or drunk..!!
Anyway the clocks were changing that night too so it is now only 12 hours time difference (until your clocks change back in the UK anyway) and we ended up having a pretty late night! Had a good time though.. was chatting to this guy for a while when i was chilling out having a rest but it was quite funny as firstly when he told me he was a sheep shearer I had to restrain myself from saying yes I know as he happened to be the guy I'd previously taken tonnes of photos of at the contest.. he was quite cute but I'm not sure if I could live with the smell as my nose could tell he was a sheep shearer too! Usually I have nothing against the smell as its rugged and manly but maybe not all the time. Anyway.. also bumped into Ben who was the centre of attnetion with lots of girls!
We went to the Strawberry tree after that(about 3am) which was alot more drunk.. there was a naked girl being carried around on a guys shoulders etc.. (you know the kind of place!) so Linds and I headed home and I fell into bed as I had to work 8am till 10pm the next day. Dont think Ruth got in till much later!
We out Linds to work the next morning though which was great! was so nice to have an extra set of hands (if any of you fancy comeing over..!! your very welcome!) Ruth and I were both really sad to have Linds leave, we liked having someone to stay in our little flay, we didnt really have anywhere to put her, we just had a matress in the lounge for her but she seemed happy enough!
Then it was my day off and I planned a fishing trip and a sunset horse ride. Obviousuly I have to make the most of my days off since i'm trapped at the backpackers all week so I was up early and off to New World to get the weeks shopping, then off to the dump to take left over clothes from the backpackers and to have a nosy at the shop people had been telling me about, and then it was time to walk to where I was going fishing. Its a trip that normally is $80 buy which I was getting for free which was good. I went with some odd people, 3 not so attractive4 older rich guys who had thai brides. It was really like seeing thaibrides.com in action.These guys had no social skills whatsover and were awful butt hey had these cute good looking thai brides on their arms (who didnt know a word of English), scary thing being sold as a bride or selling yourself off as a bride.. apparently it really if a lifetime commitment. But who am I to judge? if everyones happy? The great thinbg was that the girls had cooked loads of scrumptious food which I happily tucked into. Unfortuntely they werent prepared for the kaikoura swell so proceeded to be very sick (and their lovely husbands pretended they didnt exist - says alot about someone if you ask me. I know the kind of man I want to marry would be the kind who would hold my hair out of the way for me and gernally be nice..
Anyway back to the fishing. we pulled up the cray pots and had plenty, constantly getting surrounded by pods of dolphins. Then we started fishing, we had two hooks and quite often caught 2 fish at a time. It was mostly orangle roughies but I was really lucky and got blue cod.. much to the mens digust..and I got the fish of the day (I think they were ready to throw me overboard at this point!) so after that I came home and filled my freezer with fish!!
I had to run as pretty much as soon as I got back i had to go horseriding, sunset being earlier now the clocks have changed. It was a very relxed sedate horseride, watching the sunset and trotting along. I was so tired I nearly fell asleep on my horse! When we got back we had a couple of crayfish as a little supper which was nice!!
It wasnt until I got home though that I saw just how sunburnt I was! Oh dear. I have since spent my days hiding under clothing and inside.. I think I had sunstroke yesterday as I was all stiff and lethargic.. mind you didnt help that I was having the clumsiest day of my life. I thought I was going to be in hospital by the end of it. It started with me tripping over the coffe table and both me and the table doing somersaults resulting in me having cut and bruised legs (as in people gasp when they see them!). I proceeded to spend the rest of the falling over everything and nearly falling off the edge of the platform every time I hung out the washing.. amusing for everybody except perhaps my body which was in immense pain by the end of the day! So oddly enough I did not feel like going out with everyone else, instead i fell into bed at 10pm when i finished work.
Moira has been asking me if i will stay the winter But I dotn really think I can afford to, I dont earn a fortune but i dont get time to spend it which means I am saving up.. but it would be better to save faster so i might stay till mid June or maybe the beginning of July then I would like to go on a road trip for a couple of weeks and see the last few bits and then head to Nelson and try and pick up some work in the childcare centre and hopefully save up for my aussie visa so i can head there in Decmeber when my visa here runs out. So I guess I have a kind of plan, whether I'll stick to it is another matter..!
Monday, March 19, 2007
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