the Plan

I have now slept and showered. I got a free breakfast this morning, yum. So now I suppose I should figure out what I'm doing.

For the people who I didn't tell or the ones who forgot, I will tell/remind you that I came to NZ with only the first 2 nights accomodation arranged and no other plan (I do have a hop-on, hop-off bus pass that I can use at any time but I'm not ready to do that yet). Anyways, my goal for the year was to live my life as it happens. That means rolling with the punches and staying open to life and opportunities. Ultimately my goal is to prove to my "logical" brain that I can trust the unknown and I don't need to know what will happen next. To trust myself, my judgement, and my intuition. Oh goody!

Sooooooo, now that I'm here I need to find a direction. I'm waiting for inspiration it seems. I have a feeling I will find it (or maybe it finds me) today. At 10am I'm going to an orientation on getting myself set-up here with a bank account and government tax number, as well as getting help with my job search. I have taken the liberty of booking myself a bed in a different hostel as this one is a bit of a shit hole. I move there saturday and stay for three nights. By then I will hopefully have a direction.

Trains, planes, and automobiles.

I have finally arrived in Auckland, New Zealand after 18 some hours of travel. Of glorious travel. It went like this: car, plane1&1/2 hrs, train, train (Terminal N and C in the Seattle airport can only be reached by taking an LRT from the main terminal.), plane 2&1/2 hrs, bus, bus (again a case of reaching unreachable terminals in the LA airport), plane 13 hrs, bus to hostel.

I'm exhausted enough to be nearly convinced I'm dreaming. I even feel a little dizzy to add to the effect. In an hour I'll check in to my hostel room and have a nap followed by a well desereved, and quite needed, shower. This city is beautiful. It's very hilly and green. It reminds me of Montreal, but cleaner (no offense to Montreal, I love Montreal). Once I've freshened my mental state I will go out an explore some more and maybe even find a sim card for my cell.

I've got to go get a good spot in the check-in line - this place is busy!

Testing testing, one two three!

So I'm blogging now. 

I guess this is how it begins.