My plans to come visit the U.S. are coming along, but we're still trying to sort some stuff out. My parents have guilted me into staying in Minnesota for four days instead of three, but I think we're going to go to New York a day later than planned, so I'll be in DC from May 14-21 ( Read more... )

Air New Zealand just had this amazing 2 for 1 deal for international flights in May, so guess whose coming to the US? It's me, silly, with Marc! I haven't booked domestic tickets yet, but will be coming to DC around May 13th, and will be there until the 26th.

I can't wait to see you all!

A couple of days ago I just experienced my first (and hopefully last) case of food poisoning. What an awful experience. And the sad thing is I got it from the smoked salmon cream cheese from the one good bagel place in town. Now I'm too scared to ever go back there :(

Sorry I've been a bit MIA on livejournal for a bit, I've been a busy bee. In summary, I'm still waiting to hear whether I can move to Australia, since the immigration people seem to do things at a snails pace. Fortunately I got an extension on my visa allowing me to stay in New Zealand until the end of the month, so all is good for now ( Read more... )

Well I gave my notice at work today, and have been called a “beeyatch” by one person and a “treacherous cow” by my boss. I *think* both of them were in jest, but maybe not ( Read more... )

Today I have to give my kitty away ( Read more... )

The other night I was watching New Zealand’s version of MTV, and they had the Top 10 Videos of the 90s. I realized that I loved just about every band from the videos and knew all the words to the songs, and then it hit me - I was once part of a “scene!” I used to be a total grunge girl ( Read more... )

Well after all the hooplah with family visiting and visa-filling-outing, things are finally starting to calm down in these parts. It was great seeing Michael, and we saw all kinds of amazing things (though I had previously seen a lot of it with my parents). Highlights of the trip included seeing the majestic Milford Sound, partying it up and ( Read more... )

It’s the American equivalent of the end of June here, and the weather is absolute shit! Apparently this is unusual, but man it sucks. The other day the temperatures in D.C. were warmer than here. Actually, that’s pretty weird, because it’s been in the high 50s and 60s here, which is not typical D.C. December weather. What the hell is going on in ( Read more... )

Well my parents left a few days ago and overall, it was a really good trip. We saw all kinds of amazing sites, and even though I had seen some of the stuff before it’s so gorgeous that it could never get old ( Read more... )