friday
happy friday, to all my friends in thursday land.

last night i went to my friend ricky's 49th birthday celebration. for his birthday, i bought him a bottle of wild turkey bourbon, imported from kentucky! he likes bourbon, that ricky. well, he didn't open the bottle until i got there. and i had one shot, because i was driving, and within an hour, the whole thing was finished. i was amazed. this is not the first time i've seen this happen. i chalk it up to the drinking abilities of these kiwis (they WERE at the bar beforehand for a few hours, drinking pretty heavily), but i think it's also a measure of generosity.

but besides from the decadence and debauchery, last night was really nice. i really missed my classmates this week, even though i did have a fabulous time in tongariro.

tomorrow morning i'm off to the coromandel. i think i'm going to lounge on a beach, if the weather holds, and enjoy what may be one last nice summer weekend. i hope. in fact, i think that's what i'm going to do now!

really there's so much i could write about, and i keep meaning to, but then you wouldn't get emails.

love you!