Weekly thoughts

The past few weeks have been the type that make me never want to leave Wellington. The relaxed summer atmosphere of the town, combined with the fabulous, long sunny days and moderate temperatures. The soccer games every Thursday evening. The sailing every Saturday. My close friendship with my flatmates and other Kiwis and Americans I've met here all make me feel like I've found another place where I belong. The major drawback at the moment is the face that I'm going insane not being mentally challenged at my job. Today, b/c the database was down, I was on the verge of tears as I sat in a back closet filing papers. I did not spend hours learning over the past sixteen some years of my life to sit in a closet filing seemingly meaningless papers (they were horse passports...). While I accept the fact that I do need those little experiences to help me appreciate the bigger ones, today was rather rough. Thankfully, I had a good evening making pizza and watching House and Boston Legal with Richard and Dan so that made me end the day with a smile on my face. And, since falling asleep with a smile on one's face is the best sign of how they're doing in life, I would say I'm doing pretty well.

Yesterday evening was a summer night I will remember forever. Vault, the energy drink, sponsored a free concert in the park that is located below my flat's deck. Therefore, I spent the night outside listening to my favorite Kiwi band, Opshop, while hanging out with friends and meeting some new people (friends of friends, who all loved our prime seating!). The music and company was great, and it was a perfect way to start a week. PS I will be playing everyone Opshop's music as soon as I get back to the states, so get ready for some greatness!

This weekend, instead of sailing on Saturday (which I'm sad to pass up, as I was flattered to have been put on their schedule by the boat's 'manager') I am going to a Sheep Shearing competition. As my friend Sarah put it, this will surely be a great sociological experiment. I figured that there will be times in the future to sail in my life, but I'm not sure how many sheep shearing competitions are going to pop up. We're taking the 9am train out of the city, which I heard is a beautiful train ride and then spending the day at the farm. I will be sure to take lots of pictures.