Forecast in Wellington this week

Sunday: Rain
Monday: Rain
Tuesday: Rain
Wednesday: Rain
Thursday: Rain
Friday: Rain

I'm going to need to buy an umbrella

Less Than 2 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's been a while since my last post and a lot has happened. First off, let me just say I hate The WMU Financial Aid Office! I don't understand why it takes them SO long to do something. My loan was disbursed on Monday (May 17th), and it is now Wednesday and they have not done anything with that money. I would greatly appreciate it if they would just pay the bill and give me my MONEY! I still have to pay back my parents for the plane ticket and my sister for the initial fee. What is uber scary is that the money might not be deposited in my account until I leave. According to my sister, at the latest my money should be in my account by June 2nd.

The scary thing is I leave on June 1st, but the funny thing about traveling to New Zealand is you're losing a day when you go there. Also, this trip has more connecting flights that I've ever heard of. I leave Chicago O'Hare at 3:11 and arrive in L.A. at 5:47 PST. From there I have a lay over until 9:30PM and I arrive in Auckland at 5:30AM on June 3rd, THEN I get on another plane at 7:00AM and FINALLY arrive in Wellington at 8:00AM. At that point, I'm sure I am going to want to sleep, in a bed....not in a chair, but I have to do some seminar with the rest of the gang. God only knows how long thats gonna take, but hey.....not like I will have money, but hopefully thats not the case.

I've been emailing my boss, Grant Maxwell, and he sounds like a really cool guy. From what he tells me, I'll be working on media bookings, campaign monitoring, research, and he even said I might be able to help out with creative development and account management processes. Of course, I have to do "front of house duties" which is just a really nice way to say.... SECRETARY!

I am going to be living in a two bedroom apartment about a mile from where I'll be working. I really need to start to try and understand the metric system, since they all talk in kilometers and what not. I think I only have one other roommate, but I wont be surprised if I have 3 of them. I know one of my roommates name is Wes and he is from Colorado. I have not talked to him much, but we have 2 1/2 months to get to know each other, so I'm not worried about it.

Right now I'm really excited! Especially since I wont be working at the restaurant I've worked at the past two summers in Lakeside, MI(AKA Hobunk town north of Indiana on the lake). I'm anxious to start work, because this is the stepping stone for the rest of my career. I'm really hoping I don't look like some stupid American at work, but I'm sure I can pull it off.

As important as my job will be, I also want to make traveling a priority. I was looking at car rental agencies in Wellington today, and I can rent a car for less that $10 a day there!! ROAD TRIP! I really want to see Auckland since its the biggest city there, but there's also a lot of cool stuff on the way since its on the other side of the island. Lets not forget about the south island too. That is of course where they filmed Lord of the Rings! They have all these cool tours that shows you where they filmed some of the really iconic scenes. Those sites are pretty far away, probably a little too far for a road trip, but if its cheaper than a plane ticket to Queenstown or Christchurch I'll be down to drive.

More to come soon!

Adam