I know I said I was going to write everyday while in New Zealand but I meant to say I was going to TRY everyday that I was in the South Island and I am just in the North right now : ). But anyway, let me give you a quick (I am shooting for quick anyway) update on the last couple of days.
Friday morning (moUrning if you are an Ozzie or Kiwi) I hopped on my shuttle from Uni to Brisbane Airport. It is about an hour and some change and it was a great ride. I got picked up at the front gate with a shutle full of people who were 50 and above in age. I got to talking to the people sitting next to me and they were a wonderful couple. They were so nice and great and we became really good friends. They were on their way on a three week cruise up around Australia and stopping in Bali for a night also. They were excited about their trip and we just talked for the whole hour until our necks got sore from looking over at eachother, haha! We talked and they gave me their number. They are going to take Ian and I on a hike that is very close to their house overlooking the ocean and have us over for dinner. I think it will be a really great night when we do that, they are so nice. When we got to the airport we were all going to get a coffee together (yes, I started drinking coffee again but I think my bladder is doing alright lately, weird ay?) but sadly my drop off to get to my gate to load my plane was about 5Ks away since I was travelling internationally and they were just flying to Sydney. So we didn't get to have coffee together but we are defintealy going to catch up when they get back from their cruise in 3 weeks which will fall exactly at the time that Ian arrives (YIPPYY!) : ).
So after I got dropped off I just wandered around the airport, got a coffee and ate a sandwich. Then I loaded my plane and it was a bore for the next 2.5 hours as I flew over the ocean. I did watch a movie though and it was cute, it was a chick flick. As soon as my movie got over the plane landed in Auckland New Zealand.
I left the airport very sad because I lost my Nalgene on the plane and didn't get it back even though I even went back and tried to get it we couldn't find it (I knew exactly where it was but they didn't let me on to get it). So it took me a couple extra minutes to try and go get my Nalgene back because I really didn't want to accept the fact that it was gone forever. I had it for so long and now it was gone because the security lady was blind and she just pretended to go "look" for it and came back and said she couldn't find it but I told her the exact seat number and I bet she didn't even try and look. I think she was just laughing inside her head because I was so upset because I lost a water bottle. But not any water bottle, my Nalgene that I had for so long. UGH, so I was sad about that but I finally accepted the fact that I would have to buy a new one (and I did) and it was gone forever :(.
Then I walked out and got my luggage and met Lorrane who was holding a sign with my name on it. We had a quick hello and smile but then we were on our way out through a big croud and not much was said till we got in the car. Lorrane and her husband John have guests at their house all the time because people come to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity and they open up their house to volunteers. They have been involved with Habitat for 15 years and always have guests all year round, they like the company. Counting all of their kids (6 from Lorrane and 3 from John) they have 9 kids and they are all grown up and spread out including some in Auckland. Therefore they have a lot of grandkids which I didn't get to meet any of them, but that is just a little bit of information. We got back to their house and ate dinner and chatted for a bit and then it was bed time. I had a long day ahead of me building houses so I tried to get to bed early to be rested for my long day on Saturday.
To be continued on next blog post, "Habitat for Humanity, Auckland New Zealand"
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