and then a flight to auckland, where i have a four hour layover. i leave auckland at about 10 pm on the 23 june on an overnight flight to los angeles, where i arrive about 3 pm on the 23 june. and then another seven hour layover in lax before another overnight flight to boston, where i will arrive at 7 am and collapse into a big heap but somehow need to stay awake until at least ten otherwise i will mess up my internal clock more than it definitely already will be at that point.
my room is currently in shambles, because i am the most stressed out and disorganised packer that i know.
i keep telling myself that it will get done. it's just a matter of actually ... finish. somehow, space doesn't seem to be the issue (probably since i sent all my dive stuff back to the states with my parents) but weight is definitely, definitely going to be a problem. hopefully they won't weight my carry on (since there's a seven kilo weight limit) as i plan on putting my laptop, two textbooks, and two books to read during the course of travel in there, in addition to clean underwear, my toothbrush, and a ton of jetlag pills, aspirin, and airborne medicine.
i'm a bit stressed, can you tell?
exams are over and hopefully they went well. mostly, the past week has been lasts: last tramp, last international dinner, last lecture, last happy hour, last DH at steffi's, last flat white. this is different from leaving a semester at BC – i have no clue if i will ever see most of these people again, although i now have a stack of skype names and phone numbers scattered around the world. i just hope that something comes of it. i hope that, even if it's a few years down the road, someone will ring me, saying that they are in the states and where am i and could we possibly grab a drink? perhaps it is wishful thinking.
if nothing else, i feel like i have learned a lot about myself in the past five months. i consider myself to be so independent, fiercely so, and maybe too much. to the point where i ended up spending a lot of time by myself. i crave my alone time at BC; this has made me realise how much i need my friendships – the kind where i can call someone or knock on their door and they will always, always go grab coffee with me or go for a walk and ... talk. those deep, meaningful, philosophical talks are so rare here, when you've only known someone for a few months. and i miss them.
still, i am torn about leaving here.
the last tramp of the semester was a bit disappointing – we didn't even find the road to where we wanted to go, slept inside david's two-door hatchback car for a grand total of three hours one night, and it rained – a lot. still, here's to us, and a month's worth of trips together:
[me, laura, and david on our last tramp]
[a very sad, incomplete list, but a few little things:
things i will miss about new zealand
kiwispeak: cheers, boot, takeaway, petrol, ay, give way,
food: gingernuts, flat white, mintchips cadbury bars, hokey pokey, wine (so good and so inexpensive)
the smell of the cadbury factory
my marine science classes
happy hour at the cook
adventure
excitement
! road signs
all the road signs actually
beauty
the octagon
thursday night international dinners
jazz at robbie's
things i will not miss about new zealand
my freezing cold flat
the fact that my towel never dries, so each morning after a shower, i "dry" myself off with a progressively worse smelling towel
instant coffee]
by the way, if you are in or around or can get to the boston area, specifically cape cod, we're having a bbq on the fourth of july. give me a ring (oh my goodness, i'll have a mobile again, crazy).
there's a very good chance i'll continue to update this. keep checking...
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