I’m not sure when it will sink in that this is my last week of class and I only have about 4 weeks left in New Zealand—I know it sounds like a lot of time but it’s going to go by in a blink. With it being the last week of classes it’s a weird feeling, I don’t know how to describe it exactly but it just doesn’t feel the same way as it does when I finish a semester at SU. Lucky for me I still have two finals to take after my classes end, but unlike at SU we have an entire week to study for finals before they begin. It’s strange to have so much time, and I’m happy for the extra time definitely! My two finals are for Making New Zealand history and the other is business communications. Hope you still have those fingers crossed for me.
I’m trying to think what I’ve been up to since the last time I blogged. I’ve honestly been just enjoying each day of living life. I’ve developed my own routine for living in Welly. I’ve been bonding a lot with my flat mates and in particular my flat mate Christina. She is an international student from China but unlike me she will be at Massey for a full four years. We’ve bonded over our love for Walking Dead and have recently started watching American Horror story together (scary show). We’ve also come to realize our dinners always turn out so much better when we make them together. I’m so thankful for my relaxed flat mates. They’re all pretty great in their own way; none of us are best friends but it’s so much better that way because you can do your own thing but then if you’re having a rough day you can still talk to someone at home. This week I’m finally going to make them s’mores as a finals week pick me up!! Don’t know if I said this before but when we were talking about them my kiwi flat mates didn’t know if they were real. I just need to find some marshmallows, have been looking in the grocery store but haven’t come across them yet.
Besides just living life last weekend I had a pretty sweet as weekend with venturing to the Saturday underground market and checking out some art galleries, with my new favorite duo Will and Meg! Then on Sunday we took advantage of the nice weather and headed up to Zealandia. Zealandia is a native bird sanctuary and shaped up to be an awesome place to get up and close and personal with some native animals on New Zealand. This weekend was great because the park and the zoo opened up to the public for a small gold coin donation (less than US $1). This means I saved over $20 going this weekend. It seemed we weren’t the only ones to take advantage of this either because Zealandia was packed with people. It was nice though especially since there were a lot of families and it’s nice to have kids running around sometimes. I love hearing the crazy things that come out of children because it helps to remind me of the younger generations. When I spend too much time at Uni I feel like I lose sight of the childlike creativity and spirit.