The Road Not Taken

Due to sharing a room with Mr Snore I have had one or two nights of broken sleep. In fact I recorded Neal snoring last night and played it back to him today. He seemed quite amused as it does sound funny, not like normal snoring at all!

SLeeping in my $10 salvation army sleeping bag and on an old mattress that squeaks like mad when you roll over does not help matters. Still, I have a roof over my head and it is warm and remembering what it feels like to be out in the cold all night makes you count your blessings.

Another uneventful day today listening to music with Neal back at the house. Both Rodger and Willie are out cabbing today so I will see them later for dinner. I got the ok from them to stay until Tuesday night. I think they are worried I will be there for months! Rodger had some guy stay on his sofa before for 2 months after saying he was gonna be 2 days. I feel bad but they seem to be ok with me there, I am an easy house guest (those that agree say “Aye”).

Neal lent me another $50 this morning and another $10 “pocket money” as he called it just now before he went to work. I have to check in to Southern Laughter for Wednesday night onwards so I need my money for that. I hope to get rooms 1, 2 or 9 as they are all good ones. It will be hard after being at Paradiso in Nelson that’s for sure.

I managed to get the Fern Hill bus back yesterday for $2 which was well worth it. It takes 45 mins to walk back from town otherwise, all uphill! It is a killer. I think I will do the same tonite. :0).

So I have been thinking more of my plans moving forward. I have a rough idea of being here in NZ for 2 more weeks, going back to Oz for 2/3 weeks then to Hong Kong to see my brother then perhaps getting a flight to Colorado to ski and see old friends and then back to Shanghai for a few days and then back to London. It seems a scary thought to go back to London. It seemed scary leaving it a few months ago.

I missed my laptop for the first time a couple of days ago. I have thought of it once or twice but really missed having it the other day. Even though I get online at internet cafes it is not the same as having my lovely Sony Vaio to play with. I need to take more pictures actually. I did take one or two today of the house and the view from it but I will try harder to take it with me when I go out.

The weather turned good again today. It was not supposed to be good but a high front came in so we are having a nice dry spell. I hope it stays that way for Robin and Bizzie when they get here as I have been singing the praises of Queenstown all week. It would be a shame to have them arrive when it is raining.

I just got an email from my friend Alison back in the UK who has resigned from her job and is off to South America with her boyfriend for 6 weeks. It is nice to have a friend take a journey in some ways similar to mine and I look forward to hearing about her adventures down there.

For now I leave you with a quote I heard on TV the other day…

“Get what you want, lose what you have”.

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