The more that happens around here, the more I'm sure I'm doing the right thing by moving on. The number of pretty decent earthquakes that have happened in or very near to NZ is getting pretty spooky, and I'm currently living right on top of The Major Fault Line in Wellington (it literally runs right down our street) in a 100+ year old house. I guess, since the house is that old, it's probably stood up to quite a lot. But I don't really want to experience first hand how it handles a big earthquake. That 6.5 on Tuesday that was centred just out of Taupo (so, like, 350km away) was enough of a rattle for me. Our house was swaying, and I was upstairs.
Had a few more of those Achieving Things days this week. Quite proud. I finished sorting out my new credit card application (I already have a MasterCard but it was rather difficult to use in places like Jordan, so I am applying for a Visa); called MasterCard to get my card updated before I go, and to let them know I'm going to travel so they don't cut me off while I'm away; went to get my driver's licence updated and an international drivers licence, and discovered I need an eye exam because when they got me to do their eye test all the letters were crossing over and I couldn't read any of them; called the doctor and made an appointment to get that done; found a car wrecker in the central city that I can take my car to, instead of having to traipse out to the Hutt; finished my resignation letters to Karl and Christine and handed them out; and I booked flights from Athens to Vancouver... with 3 days in New York City on the way!!!! So excited! I LOVE New York, as most people who've met me will know. Oh yes, and I found what could potentially be a problem with my Russian visa, so it's back to the Embassy for me tomorrow morning. Damn it! At least the Embassy is reasonably close to wear I live (hahaha, "wear"!! Didn't see that til I proofread... I mean "where") (well, the Embassy's on the same side of town as my house, but it's not exactly a light stroll away). It's likely that it's going to cost me money to get it fixed, since I didn't spot it when they asked me to check it over when I picked it up.
Now that I've told a whole lot of people that I'm going to live in Vancouver, I'm totally reconsidering. It's still going to be Canada, don't misunderstand me, but who knows, Canada's a big place and maybe I'll go somewhere else. I'll wait and see how I feel when I get there. I was thinking Vancouver because I've been there before and I know I like the place, and it's easy to get home, and it's a big city so it's likely I'll be able to get reasonably cheap flights around the country when I want to, and I shouldn't have any problem meeting people. But then I thought, there are other big cities in Canada. There's Toronto. There's Victoria, on Vancouver Island. There's Winnipeg, if I really wanted to get cold over the winter. And the other thing is, I don't have to stay in one place the whole time I'm there. I could go and live in the north for a while, and see the whales and the icebergs and the polar bears. My gut feeling is that since I'm going to be by myself, I'm going to want to base myself somewhere reasonably permanently, and then do weekend trips from there. Unless I happen to find someone who wants to move around with me. Who knows, it's a whole new world of opportunity (cheese!).
Today's the 10th of July... Right on a month until I fly out. Sorry Mum!!! I couldn't not mention it, it's on my mind every day. I still feel like I've got a lot to do, but I think it's more that I'm stressed out. I've written list after list of what I need to accomplish, down to things like drop stuff off to the Sallies. I've even written it all into a week by week timeline, so that I can plan out when I do things like start trying to sell my bed... AND I ticked off everything I had on the list for last week, which was the busiest week. Whenever I get something done I feel really relieved, but then a day or so later I'll be back to thinking "oh my god I've got so much to do before I go". I am eating a LOT of chocolate lately!
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