Thursday, April 15th:
We spent the first half of Liz's birthday seeing Jessie off and it was harder than I thought it would be. I am definitely not comfortable with showing emotion in public, but people passing us by wouldn't have guessed that. I cried on the way to the airport and was convulsing with sobs while she left us to board the plane. This also continued three hours later when I went on facebook at the internet cafe and saw her status, stating that she was leaving NZ to return home. Danny and Liz just shook their heads at how ridiculous I was being. The day did eventually change from mourning Jessie's departure to celebrating Liz's birth. After looking at a couple places to live we got cleaned up and headed out to Lonestar, an old west styled restaurant, for fajitas and burritos! The food was great, we love any chance to get Mexican food. When Liz was brought out her free dessert with a lit candle we realized that we hadn't even sang her happy birthday yet! So of course, to Liz's embarrassment, we had to sing it to her there at the restaurant:) The rest of the night was spent watching Sherlock Holmes, we enjoyed having a low-key night since going out the night before for Jessie's last horrah. This wasn't the biggest birthday celebration, but we are the only friends we have in Queenstown so far...
Friday, April 16th:
Today was a pretty big day for us, we finally found a home! Not everything we hoped and dreamed for, but nothing to complain about either. It is a ten minute walk to town, has wireless, which as you know is a big deal to us, living area and kitchen are a decent size, and gorgeous view of the Remarkable Mountains and Lake! Some things that aren't so reputable are the cost, 400 a month, and our roommates. When being introduced to our roommate's girlfriend, she told him to not even tell her our names because she won't remember them anyways. It was nice meeting her too... I guess this house will not be where we meet our first friends! After we had all of our things moved in we cleaned up and headed into town to search for jobs. I had an interview at an internet cafe, but I am not counting on getting that job since they want "extensive knowledge" of computers. That was some fine print I didn't realize till the interview was in process. I don't think being on the computer for at least an hour a day counts towards extensive knowledge of it, I would only be able to show customers the ins-and-outs of facebook. A job that Liz and I were really counting on was a bartending job at The Ram, we met the co-owner, Skippy, a few weeks earlier and he told us to stop in with our resumes. When we came in Skippy was no where to be seen and what must have been the other owner told us that they weren't looking to hire for another month... We heard similar things at the other restaurants and cafes we went into as well. We will have to just try again next week. The rest of the night was spent grocery shopping and watching American Idol, our favorite.
Saturday & Sunday, April 17th-18th:
Saturday wasn't too exciting, we spent most of it lounging around till late in the afternoon when we went on a hike. We took a trail that follows the lake to Sunshine Bay. The hike was close to a two hours and along the way we entertained ourselves with a game of follow the leader followed by disney sing-alongs, because I guess the breath-taking views weren't enough... We made it home just in time for American Idol, we have to keep up on our American reality television:) For Sunday we took a family trip to the mall, where we picked up a few things to make our room a little more home-like. These things consist of hangers and a bucket to use as a drawer, as you can tell we have a very low budget. Tonight we are just blogging and journaling.
Kind Regards,
Mari
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