just an update

well i have had one crazy week. Monday was the only low key day of the week, i had class and then i sat around with the flatties and did some homework. tuesday is my busy class day, however it sometimes doesnt seem that way. however this tuesday i got the 'okay' to exercise from my physical therapist! (remember i hurt my foot the first week i was here, well its only now just better... oops). well that afternoon when i got out of class jordyn, christina and i went on a jog down along the harbor to oriental bay then went for a refreshing swim in the ocean and a nice jog home :) (about 3miles or a little under 4.5k total). i was so pumped that when i got home i checked the weather to see what wednesday looked like, and it looked like it was going to be a beautiful day so i went to bed early and woke up on wednesday morning and went to lyall bay and went surfing for an hour and then walked along the beach and came home in enough time to make it to my 3oclock class then christina and i went on another run down to oriental bay with a swim of course, the water is cold but it feels so good once you get in. wednesday night i went to hang out with the guys in 4j because i havent seen them in a while and was in bed by 11. Thursday, needless to say i was sore, shinsplints were acting up and my quads felt like they were on fire. totally worth it though. so i spent the whole day babying my shins and sore muscles and studying. i did get up and walk down to bed bath and beyond (which by the way is pathetic here) i did find some good sheets finally! i also got another pillow becasue my old one was just worthless. but all around good day. in bed early because of my stupid friday 8am class. luckily there are some morning people in the class so it is pretty entertaining. at 1 i had my very first chemistry lab... i felt like i was in high school again wierd... we went over lab etiquette and tested the pH of water ugh... but the good thing is because its a small class and its a lab i made a couple new friends so theres a plus to today. then christina and i went on another run dispite the BLOWING wind and then we all went to dinner.

well that was my how my first exercise filled week went im super excited!

expect another posting soon because im headin out of town again this weekend! were going to paraparaumu this weekend which is just a bit north and were staying the night in a hostel im pretty excited :) http://www.seasideyha.co.nz/index.html this is where were staying and wer just gunna go play on the beautiful beaches and see what the town has to offer :) ill let u all know how it goes! im sure it will be a total blasteblast!

Rugby game

Friday night the flatmates went to a pretty friggin awesome rugby game :) It was the Hurricanes v. the Bulls. we were rooting for the Hurricanes because that's the wellington team.

Jordyn and I in the back seat of the cab
Prang got shotgun... ha

at the game
the Hurricanes warming up...
the Bulls warming up
yup they have cheerleaders too.. except they dont really do any cheers they kinda just sit there and look pretty...
the girls


THE HAKA!!! heres a video of the haka incase ur not farmiliar with it



there was a gorgeous sunset



they have fire at their games :)

viscous sport
some wine at the game :)
a lift... its a pretty awesome move
we finally found megan and we were having a total blast together


the group of girls... unfortunatelly christina couldnt make it

more rugbycheering for the Hurricanes
goofballs
show off those american muscles
awww
having more fun
the airplane???


the mascot...
a scrum
the painful part of a scrum
another way cute picture

tackle

and after the half an hour walk home we decieded to stop at burger fuel for some chips

all in all it was a really good night... the hurricanes did loose but not by much :) seeing as tho the bulls are number one and the hurricanes number 5 they only lost by 4 too! it was an amazing weekend, hopefully there can be more like this one

SURFING!

Well I was really wanting to go to Lyall Bay just to kinda wonder around, maybe go swimming, lay out in the sun but it turned into 7 Americans going to the beach around 9:30

It was a gorgeous morning!
Then we stumbled across a place that hired out wetsuits and boards for 30bucks for 2hrs! we jumped on the idea


Then off we went 6 of us surfing only one knowing what he was doing and one photographer on the beach documenting our surfing experience :)


chearing after the first time standing up
after Tom started getting me in the process of standing!


its getting way easier



oh poor chealsea she ate it a couple of times.

phil just chillin on the perfect curls
paddle paddle paddle


ouch....
after a few good falls we took a break to see how much more time we had. we had a whole hour left so we took a break on the beach took some pictures...





... and played with a dead eel we found washed up on the beach



there were quite a few people out in the water but we found a good place to get away and learn

alright... back at it

jen and matt were doing the best out of all of us! this is their first time surfing too!!!



both trying for the same wave...one gave up
oh ya im jealous


DO A DANCE



watch out!
rip it!




Last wave :)
looks like a perfect one for matt and phil


hes trying to get his wetsuit off and not get his board in the sand... ha
were all hungry lets get food

surfing+full bellies= nap time


This was the Best day I have had in welly! We were talking about it and for 45 bucks nz total thats really cheap for a really fun day. I plan on going again :)