I know its been a while since we've updated the blog, but we were too overwhelmed by responding to all of your comments and messages about what we have posted already.
So here are a few updates:
Housing: If you would have asked us about 2 hours and 10 minutes ago about where we were currently living, we would have answered, of course, Stewie. For a semi-stressful but thrilling 30 minute drive or so, we officially were homeless. We were testing the car seats to see how far back they leaned, wondering how cold the Auckland night would be inside Stew's comfy interior, and just generally wondering about where we could park to sleep undisturbed by any urban police officers. Luckily, we spent that drive moving from the NorthShore where we had been living at Jan's house since the day we started housesitting (and of course all the subsequent time that they let us crash in their extra room) to downtown to meet a guy we texted at around eleven this morning whos friend had posted on the internet for him saying that he MIGHT have space in his house if anyone wanted to rent for a short 2 week period. ummmmm. YES PLEASE. did we mention we were HOMELESS. FOR 30 MINUTES?!? It was exhilarating. But seriously, homelessness is a serious issue facing countless individuals around the world. Just think, the next time you pass by a homeless individual on the street you could be passing by the Annas and Jackies and Alissas of the world. Just looking for a place to stay....and maybe some booze. Needless to say, we have a place to crash for the next week thanks to some "roommate drama." (whatever that means, we didn't ask)
Adventures: So you do realize that we do only usually post the highlights on this blog right? We don't go caving every day or get put up in some really nice beachfront property in the Coromandel (well, wait... we did do that two weekends ago)... In real life, we work during the week days (Tuesday/Wednesday depending on the week thru Saturday nights) then have Sunday-Tuesday to find something productive to do with ourselves. We sleep. We go on yogs (read that with a really soft Y). We walk around small towns in the area to find good cafes to drink coffee in. We explore hiking trails with friends of friends we meet the evening before we go. We aquire phone numbers, then high five that we made a new friend. *When those numbers come from customers at work, we usually don't high five. then we just hope those people we never call don't return to La Zeppa. Sorry Danny and Carl and Andrew and Travis+Friend and guy who told me he was from "seattle area and moving to Auckland."* We sit on beaches in the middle of November. We try Rasberry flavored beer from the first MicroBrewery in Auckland. We lounge around libraries. We teach liars dice to EVERYONE. We don't go yogging enough to feel ready for the 1/2 marathon that we will be running in less than 2 days. we pack extra dinner from work so it doesnt go to waste. we go to free boxing class. (thats a new one, and it hurts to raise our arms, hold anything, and type.) and we SURELY don't reread over our scuba diving manual before going diving with a group of strangers this weekend.
We are about to get the boot from the internet. We love you all and will post pictures soon.
Kiwi-love,
Jackie/Anna and Alissa.
