8 months and approximately 2 weeks later...dan and i are finally leaving on a plane to go to new zealand. i cannot even begin to describe how excited we are. we have had this trip booked for a while now...and here it finally is. we dont really have much planned except to fly out tomorrow, touch down in auckland, wait a couple hours until the car rental place opens, drive southwest to a beach resort off the coast of bay of plenty. we do know, however, that we want to do a day trip to an island, chill out with some dolphins and climb a volcano. we've got 2 weeks to do it, with absolutely no pressure....which will be nice for a change.
dan has experienced a lot of job related stress. i dont know if i can call it stress really, but he has faced a lot of people being laid off. a lot of these people have been at his company longer that he has with a richer skill set almost. this past week has been a nightmare for him. i sensed it in him all week...so now i think is a great time to break away from it and relax a little. he has some tough times ahead of him this coming year. i know he'll succeed in what ever he sets his mind too.
i, on the other hand, am still here. i've been working my toosh off at work....was even announced employee of the 4th quarter of 2008. the work never ends where i am at. some days i hate it and some days i dont mind it. i've been hating it for the past few weeks now just because of the anticipation of having 2 weeks off. i did tie up loose ends and took care of most everything, so i feel good about leaving.
i am sure i will have a lot of to write about when i get back, but the true test will be, if i even get to it. look forward to some cool pictures of new zealand in a couple of weeks.
paradise...here we come....
