So yesterday was New Years. We get it first here in Aotearoa. Gisbourne, a city east of here is the first city in the world to ring in the 1st of January. This holiday season has been kinda strange. In a way it doesn't feel right. It's just now supposed to be summer and Christmas at the same time. It's helped sometimes so that I don't feel like I'm missing anything with my family, but it also makes me think about it more and that makes me a bit homesick. I'm not complaining, I mean; I'm completely happy with what Im doing and where I'm at, it's just the remembering what I don't have that makes it hard.
Oh well, moving on. The holidays really have been good. Christmas was spent in Hamilton with the Chivers (my landlords) and for New Years, the Steels invited me to spend the day with them at the beach in Waihi. Not my typical experiences, but a lot of fun. I got to go boogies boarding for the first time, and I think I have a new hobby.
Somewhere right down there, the hobbits are partying.
Can't beat spending all afternoon playing in a surf like this on a New Years day.
"Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday, and celebrate just living!"~Amanda Bradley
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I know that felt so weird... still does actually. It's JANUARY!!! I got to boogie board too. I totally flipped upside down and slammed my face into the ocean floor and lost my swimmers. but it was so fun. :)
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