Land of the Kiwis A runner in New Zealand

Wellington Welcomes You

My bus ride back to Wellington couldn't have gone any better (especially in comparison to my trip out) as I arrived in Wellington 10 minutes early(!) on a beautiful day, having happily slept 7 hours of the trip. In fact I had hardly awoken for the second time when I was greeted with "Wellington Welcomes You" (a road sign I may have made up to suit the purposes of this entry).

Wellington Welcomes You

I'm settled and unbelievably happy to kick back and relax for a bit. More than that, I've been looking forward for quite some time to being able to sink into a nice living situation, organize my stuff, catch up and stay current with work, and (most of all) finally put training first in my life. I've felt guilty ever step of the way, tossing workouts aside because there was no track handy, skipping sessions because it's impractical to get to a gym, staying dry because there was no water deep or safe enough to aquajog in. Well no more! And after 3 full days here, I know I've landed in a good situation in a great city. If I'm not careful, Wellington might turn me into a bit a city guy. I have nothing negative to say about it at all.

I should mention that my flat mates for a time are Alex Wallace and Josh Van Dalen. They've been game enough to house me in their mate Aaron's room (who'll be gone for ages) until I find a permanent home. I just hope it comes close to what they have set up here. Right now I couldn't be happier. I'm at an awesome desk, perfectly suited for my system, I live with a couple of runners, and the location can't be beat, 1 block from a grocery store across the street from Parliament, and 3 blocks from the beautiful Wellington harbor waterfront. I should mention Josh is a bit of a cook as well. Seems the rumor about NZers being a bunch of foodies isn't too far fetched.

With this situation, however, I have begun to focus my attention on various computer projects I've been interested in diving into, some paying, some not (Sadly for you, I will not be releasing the details to anyone but my closest confidantes... and that has nothing to do with how boring it would be to read). The result is that I think my time writing about the NZ experience is largely at an end. I'm going to divert my time at this point to the more elitest pursuits of aquajogging lanes, coding textbooks, and Photoshop tutorials.

But! This personal journal is not over! Just simply scaled back. I will try to have a bit of an update weekly (mostly for fretting parents), and today marks week one.

So check back every now and then, and I'll have something curious for you to mull over.

Cheers!