October 26, 2008

• The Last Hoorah

  The sibling arrived last Friday. It's been wonderful to see him again; I missed him lots. And it doesn't hurt that I got those lovely words I was hoping for: "It looks like you lost a ton of weight."

  I shouldn't need to hear it, since I already knew I had to have lost weight considering the fact all my pants want to fall off if I don't wear a belt, but it's still nice to hear it.

  We're heading to Abel Tasman National Park later today, which is actually one of the few places in NZ I wanted to see and hadn't yet. So that'll be cool. Oh, and we went out on a boat yesterday and saw all sort of water birds, seals and a pair of dolphins. Good times, good times...

  Flights home are now all booked. Less than two weeks before I'm back in Texas. And I have to say, I'm not really sure how I feel about it; I've been fluctuating between excited and dreading it. No doubt about it, New Zealand has been good to me, and while I want to get back to my dog and my friends, I'll still miss it here. It may not be "home", but it will always have a special place in my heart.

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