Waitangi Day

It's been a great week after coming back from the music festival. Spent monday night with Shannon...hanging out, seeing his place which is a total bachelor pad but well picked up for me. Tuesday I got 3 boxes from my mom packed full of things from my closet along with some new things. And I pretty much took the day off, doing laundry and bedding, putting all my new (or old) things away, hitting the supermarket, etc. Wednesday was another day off since it was a public holiday, Waitangi Day, which celebrates the signing of the treaty between the Maori and the settlers and ending war between them. Rebecca, Rachel and I spent it at the beach...it was beautiful we walked along the beach, had lunch, laid out on the beach and actually spent a good 15 minutes in the ocean...screaming every time a wave hit us...I wanted to get out after 3 mins but Rachel insisted it was just getting good - meaning your legs are just starting to get numb - and sure enough a couple more minutes and it wasn't so bad...we got knocked over by a few of the big ones and it was loads of fun. The guys next to us were arguing whether we were American or Irish and once they asked they figured out they were both right. Then we headed back to my place to BBQ, which entails starting an actual fire in our outdoor brick oven with a long grill over the top...we had potatoes and onions and sausages. Today was back to work...is it Thursday already?! Ha! And even took off early to meet Ralph (the guy I almost flatted with) for beers. Tomorrow eve I'm going out for a fancy dinner and drinking with Rachel and her brother who is visiting for the weekend (he's traveling in Australia right now visiting his girlfriend and making a quick trip here to see Rachel)...so we'll see if I can keep up the Irish...