Weekend Update.

September 3-7

Have no fear – my luggage was dropped off (very) early the next morning with no harm done. The next few days were boring, rainy, and not really worth writing about. Andrea and Jamie were both still gone on trips with their dads, and I was relegated to sitting in my room and finishing up my second reading of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” I think I believe the people who say that finishing Deathly Hallows comes with a bit of a withdrawal stage. I was quite depressed after finishing, and the fact that I was all by myself probably didn’t help matters at all.

But I got over it, helped by Andrea’s return on Friday.

Friday evening, I went over to Andrea’s, and we spent an hour or so showing each other the photos we took on our respective trips and just catching up. I made myself a pasta meal, and we watched four episodes of Season 3 of Grey’s Anatomy (Andrea’s dad brought new DVDs with him). It was a nice relaxing evening, and cheered me up immensely. Then again, how could I still be sad after watching McDreamy for two and a half hours???

Jamie and her dad got back to Wellington on Saturday, and I met them for lunch at Hog’s Breath. The day started out windy and rainy, but, by the time we’d finished eating, the sky had cleared and the sun had decided to make an appearance. It was still windy and chilly out, but it was far too nice to stay inside.

I went to Te Papa with Jamie and her dad briefly, and then we took a walk down to the harbor front. Since her dad was leaving the next evening, Jamie figured they should make the most of the daylight left to them. We decided to take him up the Wellington Cable Car, since we were sure the views from the Botanical Gardens would be beautiful on such a clear afternoon.

We made our way down to Lambton Quay, and got tickets for the cable car. Then up the hill we went in the bright red tram. We took some photos at the top, and walked around for about 15 minutes before Jamie called Greg to come pick her and her dad up. After a long week of travel, they were both exhausted.

I excused myself and walked back to the Cube, taking a random route through town that took me down by Queen’s Wharf. There’s something about the fern ball that draws me when I’m in the area, I think. Haha.

I spent the evening in my room while Tina and some friends got drunk in our lounge. But I didn’t mind. Some good, quality Facebook stalking from time to time can be a good thing.

On Sunday, I met up with Andrea in the afternoon and we walked down to the Wellington i-Site and Simply New Zealand gift shop. I picked up a few more small gifts for people (finally found something for you, Mom!), and then we headed back up Courtenay Place. I grabbed some Subway, and went back to Andrea’s to eat it.

Andrea wasn’t feeling the greatest, however, so I didn’t overstay my welcome. Headed back to my flat, I was contemplating how best to spend the rest of my evening when I ran into Jen and Una on their way to do some laundry. I decided to follow them back to their flat, and spent a while chatting to Una about our breaks, politics, racism, and people in general.

Josh eventually came over, and offered to cook us all dinner. Josh is a good cook, and I certainly wasn’t about to turn down a free meal! He made salmon and pasta, and it was delicious.

After dinner, me, Josh, Una, Jen, Denise and Melinda all crammed onto Una’s bed and watched the first half of “The Two Towers.” Since Jen and Denise had just been down to the South Island, much of the viewing was accompanied by squeals of “We’ve been there!” and “We saw that!” I didn’t mind a bit, however, as it’s so good to have found fellow Lord of the Rings fans to be silly with here.