A Day in the Life

M'kay so it has once again been far to long since I have updated my blog. But not too much has been going on, so I guess thats ok they probably would have been boring posts anyway. Last weekend Kasia, Yurie (our 2-week Japaneese student) and I hung out on Saturday and watched Sound of Music. Awesome movie. I love that movie so much. And then Sunday Yurie, Alicja and I went for a walk in the Withers in the rain, and went to the Chocolate Factory and to a little village-thing near the wineries. Overall a low-key but fun weekend. Earlier this week I was feeling awfully homesick, I have to admit. I'm not really sure why, but I literally thought about home every waking moment. I found myself missing the silliest things. Driving to Home Depot with my dad. The Leaf and Bean. Walking into Mom's office after school. Our silly good-night rituals at home. Simple things that I have found make a huge difference. It was a tough couple of days. Yesterday afternoon I went to cycling though, which helped. Today was much better - I played squash with Lara after school and had a decent day of classes, other than ending with physics which always sucks. I think it also helps that I am super excited for the weekend. Which brings me to part 2: This weekend, I have my AFS camp!! Woo! Everyone from the South Island is going, which will be awesome. Tomorrow after school I am getting dropped off in Nelson for the night, and Friday morning we leave to drive down near Christchurch. I hope it is a fun weekend, and I have the feeling it will be! On Friday I have officially been here for 9 weeks. Term one ends in two weeks and then we leave for our Otago Rail Trail trip. Unfortunately I have to wrap up now because my new favorite TV show is almost on - "Packed to the Rafters," an awesome Aussie show about a close-knit family with 3 older kids and a new baby, and their relationships, troubles, etc.

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Sooo yeah we didn't go to Wellington. I was basically feeling miserable all evening yesterday and I would have had a yucky trip. So we've rescheduled in May. Now I get another day to do nothing! At least I should be feeling better by Monday. Its kind of crazy how quickly everything becomes routine - to be honest I keep forgetting I'm actually in New Zealand! We have another exchange student from Japan coming to stay for 2 weeks on Monday, so that should be fun. Nothing else of extreme importance going on that I can think of.

Sick

Bleh. I have a cold. I have been home sick all day today. Which basically means that instead of going to school I spent all day in bed reading, apart from a brief journey to the kitchen for lunch. I read the entire first book of the Hunger Games for the second time. As well as caught up on all my emailing and facebooking - actually probably enough for multiple days. Sooo yeah nothing too exciting on this end... I'm all congested and have a sore throat. Hopefully I feel better tomorrow, though, because we're supposed to catch the ferry to Wellington at 6 PM! And I really really want to go, so I'm laying low today to give myself the best chance of getting better quick. Hmm what else can I write about... I woke up last night and though, oh ok its morning, I better get up and get dressed. I figured I had to be right because it looked light out. Then I looked at my phone and it said 11:45, so of course the only reasonable explanation was that my satellite-regulated cellphone stopped working. As well as my iPod clock. I didn't actually believe it was only an hour after I went to sleep until I went to get a drink and no one else was up. Weirdest feeling ever, I must say. Yep so that was the highlight of my day. Unless you count the fact that the Hunger Games books might just be the best books I've ever read. Or up there, at the very least. I get to skype my family on Sunday again, since they're home from NYC! Yay! Yep, and there you have it: my completely ordinary life in NZ. And not in a bad way :) Other than being sick, I could do without that.

Oops...

Wow so its been awhile since I updated... Well I suppose that's because little of note has happened - I go to school, come home from school, nothing too different from the usual life of a teenager. Although I did join the cycling team last week, and I got to go to Kaikoura this Saturday. We got to see seals and look at tidepools, which was really fun! Plus I got fish and chips again. New favorite food, I swear. Other than that... Obviously everybody has heard about the earthquake in Japan and all the tsunamis. It was pretty intense because there are a lot of connections between Japan and the kids here, so on facebook girls were asking if anyone had heard from various people who were previous exchange students from Japan. Its so sad how that all happened, my heart goes out to all the people suffering. Just goes to show that we really have no control over mother nature.
Next weekend we're off to Wellington for a few days, so I probably wont be able to update then either. Until later, then!