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okay right now I am suffering from a lethal combination of sugar and jetlag. I highly suggest you don't try it. But I am determined to stay up all day. Supposedly it's better that way. I thought it would be best to start off this adventure on a good foot, I hope I will be able to continue blogging regularly. but i will see how this goes, it is a little hard to type right now, my fingers aren't working very good for some reason...
I guess I will start at the beginning. 
I woke up monday morning feeling... slightly anxious, to say the least. The rest of the day I wandered around putting the last minute things in my bag. About noon  I was feeling nauseous and was thinking That I am an idiot. Drove to Calgary. Was a typical drive, with kids shouting and yelling and plenty of 'are we there yet?'s. but all the sweeter because I knew it would be the last. Ate at the airport with the fam jam. and then it was time to say good bye. That was tough walking away from them, and i will always remember looking back and seeing them all standing there, smiling at me. I was grateful that there was no one to watch me wipe away my tears as I walked around the corner. 
American customs? consider yourself owned. Although about half-way through the line in said customs I had a panicked thought that I had forgotten my portable hard drive. There wasn't time or room to look for it though and nothing to do if I didn't have it. But never fear! That wonderful man who worked for customs was kind enough to find it for me when he pulled the entire contents of my bag out! apparently my make up brush looks like a container of liquids when turned at a certain angle.
okay I have a feeling this could be a long post so I will speed it up a little.
Calgary to LAX: hmm okay. Plane was 45 minutes late, so I barely made my connection. I sat with a wonderful lady who slept from take off to landing. Ya I was a little jealous. 
LAX to auckland: could have been better. Was sitting next to the most humungous man I have ever seen. To say he was big would be an extreme exaggeration. but it was okay. I just spent the next 11 and 57 minutes literally hugging the wall of the plane in order to avoid getting squished. was slightly worried as my bags took a very long time in coming. but eventually they did and I escaped from the airport relatively unharmed.
And just to rub it in. For lunch I had a fish burger and chips with a fijoa and raspberry slushie.
My apologies if some of this doesn't make sense, and for my random punctuation and sporadic capitalization. but I desperately need to sleep. 


With love B