woop woop!

It is 21 days till I leave!
Hurrah!
It is going to be so good to see green things and breath air with the smell of trees and flowers again.
Lots of memories...

Like, for instance, a couple of nights ago when we all hiked out to castle rock for the first time. We left around 9pm and got back around 3am. It was fantastic. Here is the view around 2am-ish from the trail.

When we got to the top of the rock, ther is a part where you can dangle your legs off over the edge and be hanging out over the full height of the rock, about 600 feet or something like that. Pretty breathtaking. Here is a photo of the rock with a little yelloe guy drawn in to give a sense of scale.

Yea! It was fun!

Honey dipped, gold plated Jesus

I had the best day on Sunday. Let me describe it to you.
I started out working on my robot costume, which I am building for my upcoming birthday party next week. Robot building is very relaxing as well as rewarding.
Then I drove my shuttle for 3 hours in the beautiful sunshine, window down, carefree waving to all the people walking.
Then rugby game time. Got to see some good takedowns, and some of my friends tackle some kiwis.
Good sport!
Next was penguin watching down at Hut Point where about 200 or so had gathered. The adelie penguin is the hyperactive, spasmatic sibling in the family, and there was much penguin antics to observe. It turns out that everything an adelie penguin does is cute. So after about an hour of being hit with wave after wave of cuteness we went and ate a big pile of beef.
THE END!