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Queenstown Day Three hey. this is trish. since i own eric (well, at least his space on my domain), he asked to help him update over e-mail while he's in new zealand. so, without further ado... Today was a slow day for me. By slow I mean that I didn't get out of bed until seven thirty this morning. After four days in a row of being awake at five thirty in the morning and out the door by seven only to return at eight at night, I needed some down time. I needed time to fully absorb what I had done and seen since I got to New Zealand. Now that the day is almost over, I know that I made a good decision. One of the first things that I did this morning was call a certain someone back in the United States. She was happy to hear my voice and I hers. A telephone call has more emotional impact than an email. Watching the sun rise over the hills was another good way to start the day. Instead of running out the door to catch a bus to somewhere else, I could sit on the couch and stare out the window for as long as I wanted. Now that may not sound like a very exciting way to spend a vacation, but where I live I can't see the sun rise over mountains and a lake just by looking out my window. I guess that another way to look at it would be that I paid for the view so I might as well get some use out of it. Quiet time is a good thing. I'm not sure if it's fully sunk in yet as to where I am. Yes, I am in New Zealand, a country sixteen hours away by plane from where I live, but that's just geography. There is so much more to it than a change in location. My mind seems to be in a different place as well as my body. Oh, no, here I go sounding like a bad Chinese fortune cookie. Maybe I need to think some more about where I am to make it real for me. Since I've been here, I've seen Christchurch, Akaroa, Geraldine, Lake Tekapo, Lake Pukaki, Mt. Cook, Lindis Pass, Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu, Te Anau, Lake Te Anau, Mitre Peak and Milford Sound. All of those places have been captured on ninety six photos using my regular camera and an additional sixty on the digital camera. Of course I also have all of those images committed to memory. Now what I need to do is try and put those images into words, but at the moment I am too tired to try. Being here is what I needed to do. Being here is what I wanted to do and the best part is that I've just started. Okay, I know that this was vague, but I just wanted to let people know that I am alive and well. When I get home, I'll probably embellish what I wrote here. |