my life is amazing

and by amazing i mean holy shit fuck what is going on...

all is well, sorta but lets just share some anecdotes of the past few days...

we are sitting in a separate booth on the train to picton, when at the next stop, this guy gets on and sits next to us the entire 4 hour trip.. even though there are a ton of empty seats elsewhere in the train car... how uncomfortable.

we get to the ferry station, go to the apex rental station to get the car, realize that we need to go to a different apex rental station a bout 5 minutes back the way we came, and finally get the car only to walk back to the ferry station to take the ferry to the north island (soon to be re-named, aint that just cute.)

at the hostel in wellington, Lisa, who is accustomed to wearing no underwear and we all accept her and understand decides to change into a pair of sweatpants while a room-mate who had just walked in was making her bed. Well. as soon as Lisa drops trou, the roommate turns around and starts walking in her direction (lisa was standing in front of the door) Lisa panicks, cant get her pants all the way off, cant put the other pair of pants back on... and the girl is trying to get otut the door. simply amazing. best awkward moment i have ever watched ever.

met our prof amy for tea whilst in wellington and that was simply the coolest conversation ive had with a teacher .. amys amazing!!

met up with michelle in palmerston north yesterday and met a whole bunch of people whom ill never see again.. and when i say meet, i mean awkwardly sitting in a room iwth cause they were not very social, haha, oh well i had fun.

today while we were hiking in maniwatu gorge, i hurt my knee again. ugh.

today while we were standing on the ballance bridge looking over the water in the maniwatu gorge lisa somehow unclipped the rental car keys from the chain and dropped them into the river. sigh... lol first we tried wading to find them and lisa almost died cause she went in too deep and almost got sucked in with the current. then we called the rental car agency who told us to call aaa, and finally 2 hours and $150 later a locksmith came and rescued us. yay! now we have two car keys. thank the lord.

finally, the place we are staying in right now is fabulous, $35 a night for a super plush living spce complete with pool table, tv in room as well as inthe common room, free internet, and super comfy beds. AMAAAZING. the perfect end to an oh so stressful day.

~always look on the bright side of dropping your car keys in the river~

PS Grilled cheese and avocado sandwiches rule.