Balls Rolling

Well I am starting to get things sorted. I have the most comfortable bed in the world thanks to a new sheep skin underlay, heated blanket and throw! I am also starting to get things unpacked and set up. This weekend is a long weekend and I am planning on getting a clothes rack and some hangers and hopefully be able to unpack my suitcases and feel like I'm really moving in.

I met a girl from Nova Scotia who works at lululemon and is leaving in 3 weeks. She is going to give me her leftovers that she doesn't want to take home like sheets and things. I'm fairly excited cause that is a HUGE savings for me :) The girl that I live with now is going to be moving out next month and she is also going to be giving me some of her things to use like a dresser!! So I am in no rush right now to get everything but it would be nice to not have a pile of clothing that I am searching through.

I have an interview with lululemon on Saturday morning at 7:45. Its early of course but it will be good to get it out of the way! Hopefully things will go really well and I will have another interview and then I will get the job :) The manager changed the interview time to see me sooner because the regular interview time was next Saturday so she bumped it up a week. That is hopefully very good news for me.

Other then that...things are moving along quite nicely. I walked from Westmere (my house) to Ponsonby (lululemon) today which took me about 40 minutes and was a crazy twisted way. I decided after yoga that I would walk to the bus station and whenever it came then I would catch it. Well to my non-surprise it never came by! So I ended up walking home as well which took only 30 minutes. Now I know that I can walk to and from potential work as well as it is so beautiful here that I enjoy my walk and am saving $8 on bus fairs!

I hope that you are wonderful and the sun is shining on you!

Lots of love

I Live in NZ!!!

So today it hit me...it only took what...10 days?!?! The most beautiful sun set happened tonight and I got a couple shots of it then I got my bedding and am packing to move! I'll send you pics of where I'll be living when I get all moved in! The pics are...sunset, my mess that I somehow have to it into 2 suitcases again and my new bedding!!! It's not going I be as much fun packing without my helpers gram and mom! (yes Guinness thinks that she is coming with me. :))

Moving!

I got myself a place!! I'm moving just a few km away from where I am right now which is quite awesome! There is a couple and another guy with a girlfriend who doesn 't live there. I'm fairly excited!! So we will see how it all pans out but I think it's going I be great! Heres my new address do you can google earth me! 169 Garnet Rd, Auckland.

I move on tuesday! Wish me luck

Got A Move On!

Yesterday I went downtown and checked out an apartment. It was so small I felt like I was camping in our old trailer...but smaller! I couldn't see myself paying $200/wk to live there so I carried on! I checked out the lululemon athletica in the britomart area which is pretty cool. It's right down on the water and there are all these outside beanbag chairs and music playing. It's pretty sweet. The girl there was super stoked to meet me and I will try to apply down there next Thursday. Form downtown I went to Ponsonby which is an area like Kitsilano, Vancouver or Kensington, Calgary; hell its Banff to Invermere. It's the cool place with the bars and cafes on the street and all the quaint shops and high end things. I went to the lululemon there and talked with some girl from Nova Scotia who is basically going to help me get a job. We are also having coffee on Monday! So things will hopefully be good with getting a job at lulu if they can help me work towards my final goals (finance for them).

I got my resume back and its AWESOME! Hell I didn't know I was so good!! So now I'm working on updating all of the things I need for them to complete it and I am ready to apply for some jobs! Pretty excited :)

Tonight I went to see another place that I think I will move into. It's $180 and it's alright. Just me and a boy but he is small and cute :) so we will see...due to my carelessness to keep looking I may just take it! I will keep you posted!

But its a Friday night and I'm enjoying my bottle of wine and pack of timtams and watching some Bones!! I miss you all so much though and hope that your doing great!

Much love!

Jack Frost

Jack frost...that is what I woke up to...brrrrrr.  So I called Guinness under the covers to be my heater and went back to sleep! Its beautiful and clear but it just a bit chilly. I went for my morning walk with Guinness on the beach and I was wearing shorts and everyone else was wearing their puffy jackets and pants. So maybe I am a little more use to the dry cold not the humid wet cold that the evenings and mornings are.

I am going out tonight with a friend and am SO excited! Its going to be so nice to see another friend. He also has passed my name along for some places to rent for me which is so nice. Its all coming together and I am basically stress free about it all! 

Im having so much fun and just trying to wrap my head around the fact that I am in New Zealand! It blows my mind still!!

Love you all 

Starting from Scratch

I'm doing good. I'm trying to switch over to the new time but the jet leg is slowing me down. The current time here is 7:15am on Saturday, May 19 and it would be 1:15pm MST on Friday, May 18 for you. The weather is alright getting up to 18' in the day time with scattered downpours and as low as 8' in the evenings. The houses here don't have insulation which makes them quite cold. I feel like in living in a camper trailer with no heat in the fall.

I am getting my resume sorted out and am looking at places to live. It's a slow process but I'm plugging away at it. It's lonely for sure but I'm just trying to keep my chin up and move forward.

Miss you all!

What Ill Miss

As I board the plane to leave
Cranbrook I can't help but notice the breath taking mountain range ahead of me. The vast fields that lead to the base of these huge rugged peaks that still have a decent frosting of snow. The sun hits these wonders of the world that we take for granted and it lights them up in a way that makes the rugged edges glow and soften. It is so beautiful that it humbles me and adds to the respect I have for this landscape. I am surprised that it doesn't make me sad, it only makes me excited to return and seem them again.

After landing in Vancouver I feel like I am me again. Traveling alone (not in a depressing way), taking things as they come and not having the stress of other peoples planning. I am ready for this. More now then ever!! I am going to miss you all terribly but I know that you have my back and I've never felt more loved.

Thank you so much for the personal visits, the phone calls and the cards.

Uncle Pete, thank you so much for making the trip down. More then anything, you attending my send off party showed me that family will always be there for you because we are family. In my last blog I wrote "fight for what you want cause no one will fight for you". I have now found that untrue. Your family will fight for you. Whether its playing devils advocate, taking a stand when you forget what your fighting for or standing there takin the punches with you. Family will always be there for you. I am SO happy to say that I have the most amazing family that I wouldn't trade for anything. That being said, I'm going to miss you all terribly!

I'm also going to miss pickup trucks, Kraft dinner, calmato juice, summer time (haha)...I know there will be more but right now I'm too darn tired to think!

I made it here and the weather will be alright for a while then some rain will come. It feels like home here though and I am comfortable and happy to be here. I just need to get my butt in gear to find my own place and job. That will all come with time!

Much love

Home Stretch to a New Home

Well Jamaica has come and gone and now I am looking down the home stretch to moving to New Zealand! I leave Canada in 4 days and am getting very excited about it. Right now I am trying to say goodbye to everyone here and hello to everyone there! That makes for a lot of phone calls and late evenings trying to squeeze everyone in!

Arrangements are set that I am going to be house sitting for Lynette and Reinier for a couple weeks until I get myself settled in a place of my own. My resume is coming along nicely and I am hoping to get started in a job as soon as I get there.

I probably wont be writing every day as I wont be doing the most exciting things when I first arrive but I will fill you in on the BIG details! I will post as many pictures as I can to make sure you all know why I fell in love with the country! I hope you enjoy this blog as much as the last and that there will be some wild adventures somewhere along the way!

As they say in Jamaica...One Love