When I woke up that morning, one of the first things on my mind was the fact that I never received the confirmation email that I was promised from the person I spoke with at Qantas who said she'd booked my return flight and also had issued a partial refund of nearly $700, or something … Continue reading 2023-01-02 — A Few Obstacles

I don't really remember much about the morning. It was New Year's Day back home in the states but the second here in New Zealand. Thank you to all of you who wished me happy birthday, Merry christmas, and happy New Year. 🙂 Chase wanted to hike the Blue River track, a trail that followed … Continue reading 2023-01-01 — Happy New Year!!! 🥳 (#2)

Oh. My. Bugs. We thought we'd experienced bad sandfly attacks before, but oh my goodness! 😶😬😵‍💫 When I woke up in the morning and looked at our windows, it was just nutty how many sand flies were on the windows, on the bug screen... in the air. I took a video that shows at least … Continue reading 2022-12-31 — Happy New Year!!! (#1) 🥳

In the middle of the night or early early morning, we had some poor cow making hideous noises, like it had lost its offspring or mate or something. It was so loud and sounded really... distressed. 😞 At some point, I got up and went outside, climbed up the fence a little bit and had … Continue reading 2022-12-30 — Mountains, Gandalf! I Want to See Mountains Again