Holy crap my day has been busy. This is the first time I’ve looked at the computer since this morning! ..And I was up at 5:30am emptying cupboards of food and the like. I then wrote a few reviews online whilst I sipped my coffee – hey!, I played with a couple of gadgets the last few days so I had to write it all down so that someone else gets the benefit of my wasted time!! I then went down the post office to see why my mail service is all f^&*ked up. Basically I have done my forwarding but no mail arrived at my home address or my new mailbox! Anyway apparently they’ve only just put it in the system which is odd since I mailed off the forms about 3 weeks ago to make sure they had adequate time to sort this shit out! Oh well. A personal visit and it’s all done! Got my camera lens hood thingy which I had expedited and had never arrived, so I’m happy. I then took stuff back to Comcast, went down to my storage place and got rid of some more stuff. I then had to meet a friend who was tapping me for info. It was mutual so that’s cool. After that I went down to my storage unit and dumped some more stuff off. Oh yeah, I also cleaned my Sofa somewhere in between all this (so that it looks reasonable for it’s new owner!). I went back to REI and took some shoes/sandals back and exchanged them for some other cool things (which isn’t what I wanted to do but there you go!). Anyway, I don’t have to deal with an extra pair of sandals now! I have just managed to sort out everything in my backpack and I’m surprised!! .. I managed to remove a few items that I thought I could do with out and then by being very methodical and putting like things together in stuff sacks I managed to get the volume right down The weight seems a bit lighter too so I’m chuffed about that! I’ve been very disciplined with everything that I’m taking, down to the toothbrush and toothpaste. It’s all about weight and volume! So I’m now absolutely knackered, to coin an English phrase. Can you say plagiarism ?
It's been a bit overwhelming now that the realization has set in that everything's becoming final. I'm sure I 'll be relieved once my travels are under way. I have also sorted out my first 3 days in NZ so I'll have some peace and quiet to organize the rest of my trip. I still haven't got around to working out my route and the places I want to see. Hopefully when I talk to Danny on Friday we can sit down and work out a few things. I intend spending tomorrow going through the book looking at the map and seeing what's around. I want to get to the south island as soon as possible since the weather will be closing in soon as we are entering the fall in NZ. Also the south Island is nearer the south pole so it will be colder as it has a higher latitude (Southern). I really want to get up to some of the trails and fiords. There's also a few hidden beaches that I want to see. I guess I'll have to sort out a tent before hand also since there is nothing else to sleep in (maybe some of the trails will have cabins).
