Another far too late night, and another early morning. It's been a long day, and I'm exhausted. I don't remember if I mentioned it in my other post, but I ended up working for the tree service business today because they didn't finish the job yesterday. Since they didn't finish the job yesterday, that meant … Continue reading 2023-01-20 — Beat

Now that I'm home, life is just a blur. I'm out of the habit of writing every day, and I'm so sleep deprived that I can't really remember anything that I've done, and having not written in 3 days, it all blends together. I don't remember almost anything 🙃 So the perfectionist in me is … Continue reading 2023-01-19 — The Grind

So... Despite being crazy tired, with with only a handful of hours of sleep over the last 3 days, of course little me doesn't go to bed until 3:30 in the morning. ... which this time meant that I didn't even get up until 1:00. 🙃 I definitely needed the sleep, but I suppose it … Continue reading 2023-01-16 — Laaaaaag

Well folks, I'm home. It's crazy, but my trip to New Zealand already feels like a dream... It's only been a day since I left, but it's almost like I never went. It's really funny how life and memories work. Here we are again, back in regular life, with all the decisions that I needed … Continue reading 2023-01-14/15 — The Longest Day

Up early again--still not sleeping well. 🙃 (I forgot to mention that the main reason I think I had such a hard time falling asleep when we first left our friends in hokitika and drove to the east side of the Southern Alps was that I had so much sugar and caffeine in my system … Continue reading 2023-01-13 — “Can’t” Is Not The Right Answer

Despite being completely exhausted, again I woke up earlier than Chase, apparently back to my old routine. 🙃 I spent a little while working on one of my blog posts to at least get one up and done. The day began even more cloud covered than the previous, but again, we were hopeful that the … Continue reading 2023-01-12 — Wandering

I'm running out of steam for my blog post catch up. 🙃 Can't really tell it to month story and then leave the last few days out of it, though, I guess. I'm just... tired, having only gotten make an hour or two of sleep last night and looking at a 28ish-hour flight home. 🥱 … Continue reading 2023-01-11 — Cook’s Hooker

Both Chase and I have been sleeping terribly lately. 🙃 I think maybe that's because we've slowed down a good bit in our travels. In the beginning, we were go go go all the time, so we were completely hammered when we finally went to bed, so we slept better just because of sheer exhaustion. … Continue reading 2023-01-10 — Hokitika, Round #3

Second day migraining (I'm writing this on the 13th)... So this catch-up post might not be the greatest. I just want to sleep, but I'm too awake, and the head hurts too much--like someone is pushing constantly on my right eye. Can't take anything for it until the stomach meds have been in there an … Continue reading 2023-01-09 — Mazda What?

Howdy folks! 😊 I realized that I forgot to update you on a couple of things... First, sand flies in fiordland. Rumor had it that they were awful, perhaps the worst in the entire country. Rumor might have been right. 🙃 Sand flies are notorious for attacking your ankles and legs, but if you start … Continue reading 2023-01-08 — Two Hot Two Jump