day 10

This weird thing keeps happening where go to sleep and I wake up in New Zealand.

Thank you for all your positive thoughts and good ju-ju, it worked. I'm feeling much better today and I think I'll be near 100% tomorrow. I moved back to the place I was staying my first two nights in Auckland. It's much more conducive to being sick since it has an electric tea pot and a private bathroom. It's also very clean.

Yesterday I found K-Road. It has a lot of really good ethnic restaurants and grocery stores. I got some herbs from and ancient Chinese lady and ate some Indian food, that I'm pretty sure was blessed since they were waving nag-champa around the front door while I was eating. Or maybe they just thought I smelled.

K-Road also has several second-hand shops where everything in the store is $20 or under! I'd like to make some room in my backpack for a new scarf and sweater. I think I've lost some weight because my jeans keep falling down when I'm walking. So I guess I need to either invest in a belt or eat more Indian food.

I think I've found a WWOOF place to work in Northland. I would be exercising horses and gardening in exchange for room and board. My room would be either in a bunk in their house or a trailer, which they refer to as a caravan. I think that term sounds much more fun. Living in a trailer in the mountains and riding horses all day and eating home-cooked organic meals at night sounds like a pretty good deal. So, this Wednesday, health permitting, I'll take a bus to Paihia and get picked up by Dorothy to begin my adventure. My plan is to buy guitar before then so I can jam out in my trailer.

Oh, yeah I'll be livin' the life.
L-I-V-I-N.