Another Weekend is Gone

It's 9:55am on Monday morning and I'm gearing up to go into different bars and cafes today until I end up with a job. It's bound to happen!

So what did I do this weekend? Let's see...Saturday I went and saw that movie "Stardust" which was so completely Hollywood and predictable, but very entertaining! Then I had a headache so I went back to the hostel and hung out for awhile. Beate and I went for some dinner and then just walked around Ponsonby Road. We were too tired to hit the nightlife scene, so we went back and watched a movie on TV.

Yesterday, we (Mom and Dad and I) tested out Skype! If any of you want to talk to me or anyone else overseas, this is an awesome program!!! You just download it off the internet and use some headphones and a microphone to talk on the internet. The internet is like your phone line and then you can just talk to anyone else using Skype for free! Very awesome, as long as you have a good internet connection.

After the chat I went with Beate out to Mission Bay. We had some lunch and decided to walk on the trail along the water all the way back to the city. Well not even 5 minutes into the walk it started to sprinkle and then about 15 minutes later it started to really rain! It was so ridiculous because by the time we finally caught the link bus we were soaked and totally exhausted! I imagine that the walk would have been excellent had the weather been nice. So we came back to the hostel and got into some dry clothes and just hung out on the couches since we were so tired. I made a very ambitious meal of quinoa, frozen veggies, chicken and some Tiki Masala sauce...it ended up pretty good!

So I'm still in the Ponsonby Backpackers and have decided to stay there some more since everyone's so nice and it's very home-y. I still have 3 guy roommates: Chris (the German), Talka (the Japanese guy that wants to go to the U.S. in 20 years so that that is the last place he travels to, a.k.a. save the best for last) and some Kiwi guy that gets in really late and sleeps really late or doesn't come back at all. I'm enjoying some of the other characters like Gary from Scotland and Morgan (I think she's Kiwi).

I hope everyone's Sunday is going well!

-Lisa