Good ol pros and cons list:

Hello again! So this week was a bit off. We only had a 4-day week as Monday was a holiday for us, but then Justin and I both got a sinus infection- stink. We managed to not skip any work (it's funny that our kiwi friends think were kinda crazy for not staying home), but we have taken this weekend real easy and I'm starting to feel a little lazy. Yesterday (Saturday) was actually pretty awesome as we took a trip to the library to get a membership, ate at a new cafe which is now one of my favorites, sat by the waterfront to read our books, and then had a party at our place to watch rugby. (I did forget Jill's party in the afternoon- sorry Jill if you're reading!) This is an ideal Saturday for me- but there is something about being sick that takes away a bit of the enjoyment from everything. Friday and Saturday have given me a tinge of homesickness- who knows why it hits when it does- so I had the idea to blog some of the things I'll miss about NZ when we move home... and some of the things that I just don't think I'll reflect back fondly upon. Here goes:

NZ's amazingness:
-gooood coffee & amazing cafes!
-delicious wine had at any and every occasion
-Natural beauty right in front of me no matter where I look
-people from tons of different cultures who teach me lots about the world's happenings
-morning & afternoon tea breaks
-the old-fashion feel of hanging clothes on the line
-people who are excited about our American-ness
-taking life a bit slower
-rubgy
-an appreciation for quality and not quantity
-using English terms like reckon, piker, keen, & heaps
-food with less sugar & preservatives so we can live past 60! -including cheese!


NZ's pitfalls:
-it's stinkin far away from America
-Marmite
-houses without central heating or insulation
-the feeling that NZ is so small that it's inconsequential (it's not, but sometimes it feels that way)
-it's stinking far away from my friends and family
-texting rather than calling people
-dress up partys for adults- I'm just over it.
-no good donuts
-and... it's stinking far away from America.


I think I'll keep returning to this list to help myself process what I like about here, but what I also miss about good-ol-America! And there are many things to be missed! But hopefully this list helps you all understand life down-under a bit more.

K- back to teaching my flatmates how to play euchure and making buckeyes (our friends here love them!) I do love weekends. ~Lace

reading by the water