OFF WE GO AGAIN

whoa it has been a while since i last posted
i wonder if anybody still reading this?.... besides you, Jenny.

either way,
better just pick up where i left off:
so we ended up staying in Blenheim for about 3.5 weeks... which is the longest that i have been in any one place since i left kingston mid-January.
and apparently it was the best time ever
there isn't that much to actually WRITE about it... mostly i did very low-key things; worked, watch TV, played PS2, worked, went for walks along the river and up a big hill thing, worked, drank Tui, played pool (i still suck), worked, ate other peoples' fabulour cooking/baking, did laundry (FOR FREE!!!), shopped at the warehouse (NZ's Wal-Mart), spent a lotta time at New World (the grocery store), worked, and basically just took 'er easy.

Grape picking is definetly one of my favourite jobs ever;
it payed pretty well, it was outside, there was ZERO responsability involved, i didn't have to talk to any whiney customers/clients, i got to listen to my ipod all day, i got a tan, and basically it was kinda fun. (cept on bad days when it was too sunny and hot, or the grapes were rotten and stinky and made me gag hardcore)

i got the car fixed and it doesn't shake anymore.
it still smells like burning and makes a horrible grinding/honking noise when you turn, but IT DOESN'T SHAKE! woot woot.

we made some great friends too... not sure what to say since some of them might be reading this (Andy- go away) and that would be awkward. but we lived and worked with cool people and it was really nice to settle down in one place and actually get to know people.

i miss blenheim, but also i am stoked about the rest of our trip -
since we left blenheim a couple days ago, we've explored Golden Bay and Cape Farewell pretty thouroughly but then, sadly, my huge awesome fantastic kayaking plans have been sacked due to crazy rain. so we are in Nelson now. gonna wait out the rain then do some hiking in the Able Tasman National Park and hopefully some kayaking around Kaiteriteri (quite possibly the most gorgeous place in the world... but not when it's cold and raining)

ok so i hate people who whine about the weather.

so i will stop now

i don't really have much else to say
i could babble about blenheim all day, but the truth is - part of the reason that i loved it was for it's normalcy... and that's not exactly blog-worthy.

i hope that everybody who just went through exams didn't have an absolutely horrible time and that you are all looking forward to, and enjoying the beginning of, your summer!