airline ticket
i have my plane ticket in hand, so all should be good. it turns out, too, that i'm going to go to nz taekwondo nationals after all. there has been much debate and rescheduling with my classmates and they've all agreed to move the "break-up" at the end of course to another weekend. a few people are even going to come with me to auckland so they can party. with me. and cheer me on. i haven't been training particularly hard, but i'll just have to make up for it with some extra-intense training.

i have resolved to be a complete pain in the ass of adventure education over the next several weeks until my course ends. so far i have managed to help get our course extended two weeks because we've been shafted on the sea kayaking part of our course. most recently, i've managed to help get my class on an overnight boat trip to mayor island, some of the best diving in the region with visibilities up to 50 meters or something like that. one of the biggest problems was scheduling and getting in all the academic time for divecon. the thing that i was fucked about was the fact that me and two of my classmates were the only people not offered a trip to the island, whereas EVERYONE around us was getting it. so that's that.

i still can't wait to come home. but i'm still considering coming back. i have to admit that it is a really idyllic place.