So it's offically been a month and I'm finally getting settled. I was warned that within the first few weeks I would reach a point and wonder what the heck I was thinking by moving away for a year. I am happy to report that time has come and gone and I have not changed my flight. However, it definitly happened. Between my "crappy" job and limited mobility (we don't have a car), I was a very irritable person to be around. You don't realize how important little things are until you don't have them at your finger tips. Usually I conquer my stress by going shopping, however Wanaka is a ritzy town and you can't find a pair of jeans under $300. So I was at a loss. My under attracive house keeping uniform (think hideous golf shirt, borderline butch) would have to do for the time being.
Luckily my time at Edgewater was short lived and I started my new job as a receptionist for Central Property this week. Althought my house keeping job may have been brief, it was not complete until some tourist blessed me with the most dissgusting hotel room in holiday history. I could tell by the scent of their room that they had been cooking the night before. You guessed it - fish. Not just any ol' fish - fish heads that they were kind enough to leave in the pots for little ol' Jenna to clean out. Probably the only time I almost puked in a hotel room - sober.
Few things that I learned while house cleaning;
1) Women are messier than men
2) Many people keep their pj's under their pillows - weird.
3) People don't steal the soaps, shampoos and vanity kits from hotels anymore - my Nana would be rolling over in her grave if she knew this.
So back to my travels. Wanaka is a huge tourists destination and therefore everything is expensive. How expensive you ask? When I went to buy peppers that cost $4 EACH - I nearly died. My normally veggie filled chilli quickly become spiced mints meat with several cans of tomatoes!!
Campbell and I decided to take a road trip last weekend to Dunedin. It's roughly 3 hours away, but a beautiful scenic adventure versus my normal 3 hour route of concrete on the 401 in Toronto. The best was getting into Dunedin and heading to the beach. It was beautiful, but very brisk. We spent Saturday afternoon with Chrissy and Tobey - throwing the rugby ball around on the beach and then hitting a very cool cafe on the way home.
However the best part of the trip was the shopping. Shopping in a place where peppers did not costs $4 and therefore my inner bargain girl could shine!! And she did. I found some fabulous new shops and bought myself something at each one. Yes it may be selfish, but when dating Campbell Grant you can't predict the next time your shopaholic soul will be let loose in a big city. One thing funny to note, they have K-Mart. Couldn't believe it, I got an undershirt for $12. Guess that I can finally agree with my mom that K-Mart is kind of cool (somewhere the 13 year old girl inside of me is screaming and telling me to shut up)!!
I have had one injury to date. Totally sober and not even 1% my fault. You're never going to believe this; while feeding pigs at Campbell's aunt and uncles, Campbell was hitting the slop bucket with a giant metal rod. I must also note that he had just used this giant rod to smack the pigs from attacking each other. While hitting the bucket, Campbell forgot that I am NOT a farm girl or boy and therefore I do not have farmer like instants. While standing innocently to the side (but likely in the way) I got hit directly in the mouth with the dirty pig stick. Within minutes my lip was swollen and all I could think about was that the dirty stick had just been touching a pig. A pig. Yuck! The incident ended up being a blessing in disguise; 1) My thin little lips were sexy and full for three whole days and 2) Campbell will likely not take me to the farm again. Win/win.
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