The Tides Turn!

Things have changed since we last informed the world of our status. Yesterday, the lady that was in charge of hiring Jon came back from her vacation. After much confusion and conflicting stories, we finally found out today that she wasn't planning on sending Jon away. The guy who had told us that Jon wasn't needed had said that without asking her first. THIS MEANS THAT WE STILL HAVE FREE HOUSING! AND JON HAS A JOB! (probably at the expense of that guy's friendship, but who needed him anyways...)

Benefits that come with working at "The Park":
- Half price internet. (Good deal)
- Free dinners. Even for me, and that's cool.
- Connections to get free toilet paper, shampoo, towels, etc.
- Free laundry!
- Free rides to the nearest town once a week. We don't even pay for gas! And believe me, this is important. All business must be conducted far away since there are no stores where we live.
- Feeling special.

So, now I feel like the lazy one. Jon is out chopping wood and making the world a better place while I'm inside my cozy little apartment trying to stop my nose from bleeding. (See, Herrera, I mentioned the nosebleed!) Now that we don't have to pay for anything, our main expense is going to be food and beer!!

Today we took advantage of being friends with the staff at "The Park" by joining them for a ride to Turoa. This place is a one and a half hour drive away from National Park, where we live. Yes, one and a half hours. Turoa is a cute little city where we went to a woolworths for food and a hairdryer for me (wet hair in the cold is no fun). Jon and I decided that we would buy anything that was completely different from the stuff we are used to buying in the US. So, we left the store with "Lime Milk" and "Rough Rider Condoms." The bright green milk is really just milk with sugar and lime-ish flavor. I think I'll let Jon drink that after he works out. And as for the condoms, we haven't tried them yet, but I will have to disappoint you all. I probably won't be updating you on their quality.

We also FINALLY got the adapters we needed to charge our computers and our phone. (oh by the way we have a phone!) So now we won't have to bug all the americans at this place about whether they have an adapter and whether we could borrow it. Speaking of which. There are really not a lot of americans here. I probably know of 4. Apparently, there are a lot of germans, but I have yet to meet one. The girl that ended up having an adapter for us to use turned out to be Japanese by ethnicity but living in San Francisco.

Just so you know. New Zealanders don't refrigerate their eggs. When in Rome... Needless to say we are trying this new method of egg-retention. We shall see what happens to our 30 eggs.

Sadly, the Bank was closed today. It's not supposed to be closed on saturdays, but what do I know. Now I have to find another way to get to the next town before I start work on the 1st. Argggh. I smell another attempt at Hitchhiking.

Anyways, there's a party tonight. We gotta go.

Jalissa