I know I left off in my last update having gotten off of the ship (Pride Of America) in Honolulu and sooo much has happened since then...I don't even know where too start without boring anyone who reads this! So, I'll try to keep it short or at least start to get caught up...So there I was, in Waikiki, not knowing if I was gonna stay or leave to go back to Houston right away and then my friend who I've known since I was about 15 or 16 and is a New Zealand citizen asks me...well why don't you just go ahead and come here...? Well for those who don't know, I've had a thing for this beautiful little country for a very, very long time and even before I got on the ship in Hawaii I almost moved to Hawaii while working on another ship just to be halfway TO New Zealand...anyway - I went. And I stayed...for 4 and a half months I stayed in New Zealand with my friend, her family and friends....it was going to originally only be a month, then it was one thing after another another and right away we knew that I should stay so we began the process of searching out a proper visa...I really don't even want to write about it just because of the exaustion it caused...anyway...after alot of time, money, hope aand faith in Immigration Nez Zealand , I was denied the visa for which I had applied and by the time it was all said and done my flight had been pushed back 3 times over 4 months and we were just tired...it was time to go home for awhile, regroup and figure out what in the hell to do next...so I went home on July 28th, 2011. I got to New Zealand on March 16th, 2011 :) It was fun, surreal and a long time coming...and I'll go back...one day...when it's right...(and when I am in the right state of mind - I'll write aaaalll about my experience there this first time)
So, now I'm back in the states and I've just gotten off the plane and my friend Dan Weaver picks me up from Bush Intercontinental...
