wicked!

ok, so i think the last thing i told you guys about was dinner on monday night (indian!!!) which was to die for! anyways, on tuesday there was such an awesome surprise: litia (my former host sister >photo) came for a visit and stayed the night. we had lots of fun and since i didnt expect to see her at all during my stay i was so glad she came and she was awesome like always!!! hmmm, on wednesday i finally met mrs simpson (she was responsible for us exchange students) and we had lunch yesterday to catch up on things... was really nice. in general i met heaps of people this week who finally remembered me and were thrilled to see me... ah, yeah, the most important event on wednesday was - of course - that i went to three different garages (all there are in hoki) and at the last one they phoned some guy who apparently had a car for sale for 800 nz dollars... so i came back in the afternoon (and had to wait an hour) till a guy came with that car... i said YES like right away... I ACTUALLY BOUGHT MY FIRST CAR ON THURSDAY (ONLY 14 DAYS AFTER I GOT MY LICENCE!!!)... and since then ive already done the stupid paper work in terms of change of ownership and registration etc.... done. =) i of course immediately went for a ride after i bought it and in like half an hour it (only =) happened once that after i turn i actually went on the right side... but there wasnt anyone in sight plus it was a country road!!! another lovely surprise has been my host nephew: hes staying with us at the moment and hes gorgeous! hes 3 years old and the last time i saw him he was only one - so thats been a lovely experience... this weekend (tonight, in fact) his parents are alo coming over from christchurch... so i get so see the whole family again, which i didnt expect, awesome!!! and another awesome thing (sorry for using that word so often, but it just is!!!) is that mrs simpson asked me if i wanted to go on a three-day tramp with the exchange students from school next week... YES, of couse!!! duh! ive already met most of them anyway... so there will be pretty awesome pics on this blog next week from the beautiful nz bush... ive got like most of the gear i need and i just have to buy the food for those three days... itll be so freekin awesome!!! cant really get over it - im so excited!!! hmmm, other than that theres not really much to tell except that im getting a bit nervous and excited about the fact that ill be hitting the road in a week (by my self!) and ive decided to head south first to cover the glaciers, milford sound and of course queenstown... i think im done now... sorry if it was more annoying than informative to read this post... =)

take care
jules