We're STILL SICK!

I suspect this to be the swine flu.

Everyone at work is sick (from what I hear) and half the people at the "park" are sick.

I feel like I am slowly recovering, but Alissa is still a bit sniffly.

Anyhow, yesterday, I finally got the hang of driving a stick (excitement!)

Unfortunately, our gear shift lever is still a bit broken.

I know that Lissy has told you all about the flu pandemic that is sweeping the whole landscape of national park, but I 've decided to be redundant. Anyhow, the last couple of days were pretty interesting. First off, we went to the town of Taumaranui to go shopping. We took the park van and also kidnapped Amy along with us. We did our business of changing ownership of the car, eating lunch, and grocery shopping. For lunch, we ended up eating some fish and chips which were delicious, but without any tomato sauce so it was a bit bland.

BTW, tomato sauce = ketchup - vinegar and high fructose corn syrup + real sugar and real tomatoes. So it's quite yummy. Sunday night was a huge party. The theme was "garbage ball". Therefore, people created costumes using garbage bags. This became quite a kodak moment filled with creative costumes: people with garbage top hats, garbage pants (ironed together), garbage dresses, garbage bling, garbage ties and shoes, and the occasional garbage underpants. I worked that night so it wasn't too fun. Anyhow, I can't believe I am still sick and so is Lissy. But on the bright side, I just bought a snowbaord with bindings for $130 off of an eBay knock off so I should be getting more and more snow time. There is a party tonight, but I don't think we will be going to that either--alissa is sick and as aforementioned, my symptoms are substitutive to the ones I had yesterday to the sinus headaces I have today.

I feel this week will be awesome though!
c yall soon,
Jalissa
ps. shout out to Julia, who is going to a far-away land labeled as Ghana. I hope you make it out alive. And please, we can do without such novel overseas gifts as malaria, yellow fever, billharzia, and/or civil corruption or guerilla warfare, thanks.