Well, I have to admit that I LOVE Air New Zealand. What service! What spacious seats! What great little tvs with loads to watch! I will be bitching to United SO HARD about their suckage, and the fact that they changed my returning flight without even mentioning it to me.... But thats another matter.
I left LAX and was so tired I asked a flight attendant if I could deter my dinner til later (they were serving it basically after lift-off). I decided against it, and after my delicious chicken dinner and mini hagan daas was finished, I took 2 Tylenol nigh-ttime liquid gels with my glass of Pinot Noir, inflated my travel pillow, donned my eyemask and earplugs, and slept for almost six hours!!! Interrupted briefly here and there by small screeching children (PET PEEVE: if you have children under 5, don't ever travel on an airplane, ESPECIALLY a long-haul flight!!! Need to travel? Shoulda thought of that before having kids.) but woke up to breakfast, a mimosa, and Hangover 2.
I should have slept from Auckland to Melbourne, but I was starving (again) and wanted to buy a bagel. The flight attendant said I had breakfast coming, but I was at the back of the plane so I decided to wait and watch 'Love and Other Drugs'. Bad idea. Have you ever seen that movie? It's horrible. And I'm only saying that because I ended up crying at the end, cursing 'true love' under my breath, while wondering why I hadn't slept more than 6 hours on any given night in the past few weeks. But I'm sure you'll like the movie: Anne Hathaway shows her tits several times.
Upon landing early in Melbourne, I freshened up, hit the duty-free (espresso vodka? Tanqueray? 2 for $49? dontmindifidooooo), waited to luggage, bought phone credit (for those who want to call or text the number is 01161457001781 but remember I am 15 hours in the future, until you guys have daylight savings time, then I'll be 14 hours in the future) and was on my way go meet Mick!
After a quick shower it was back downtown for lunch and then I walked around til he finished work. I got my library card, info on jobs and excursions from hostels, and narrowed it down to the bank where I will open an account today (NAB). pretty productive day!! Had a couple with Deb (Mick's gf), Josephine (roommate) and Mick then walked around some more, called my folks one hour earlier (whoops! Daylight savings here was this past weekend soooooooooo sorry for the 5:30am wake-up call :/ ), and went to bed.
Sadly only slept 9 hours, but I might go back to sleep for a few after this post.
Today I venture downtown alone (might walk depending on weather...would take about 45 min), open a bank account and look for job opportunities! Wish me luck xo
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