The “I’m in a rut” blog post; wait you mean your life isn’t perfect in New Zealand?

Wow, this past week flew by, and unfortunately, I didn’t do much. I got my schedule, it is absolutely ridiculous, a blessing and a curse.

I have all of my classes on Thursday and Friday(class descriptions for another post). This leaves me with five-day weekends to travel anywhere my money will take me. Sadly, I don’t know anyone else with a schedule this flexible. Looks like I’ll be traveling alone.
So with that daunting idea in my head, I spent the first part of the week in Auckland, perusing some shops, getting some last minute things that I needed, and generally wishing that I was starting class or away somewhere.

One ray of excitement came on Tuesday when Alyssa and I saw The Dark Knight. We saw it in the biggest theatre in the World (by 2 millimeters). In IMAX. It was kind of great. We also ate at this really delicious place called Nandos. They have fire grilled chicken and the best chicken sandwich I’ve had in a while.

Lately I have been feeling a little bit confused about with who and how I want to make new friends here. I have met a few people through AustraLearn, and this weekend a few are going to Sydney for Mardi Gras, and a few others are going to Coromandal Peninsula. I may still jump on that trip, but I’m not sure. So anyways, all of these people I’ve met are nice enough, but I just can’t help but get the feeling that if I spend all my time traveling with Americans, I’m never actually going to get to know a few kiwis.

This presents an interesting tri-fecta of dilemmas.
To see things, to do things, to meet people.
Ideally I’d do all three at once, but the current predicament I’m in isn’t allowing for that.
So this weekend I may stay behind. I may join a Canoe club. I may meet new people that aren’t Americans. I may try something new. I hope I may do all of these things.

So comes the next personal admission.
The reason I came here was to test myself. And lately, after caving, luging and with Auckland’s main thoroughfares conquered, I feel as though I need a new challenge. I need a new skill to master, or at least attempt. So I am looking into doing a few new things I think would be challenging, but won’t mention them yet.

Lastly, I am trying to plan my Mid-Semester break, and may be stuck doing that one on my own as well, or at least without the whole American bandwagon, but we’ll see what unfolds. Planning the break will be my priority for this upcoming week because the break runs from 6th of April to 19th April and is coming up fast.

So while this post might be super boring for you, its actually quite cathartic for me. Typing these thoughts out here makes me feel a lot better, and makes me want to organize, prioritize, and figure out what I want out of this.

Just as the weather in Auckland is bound to change for the better within the day, so will my mood - and the current rut that I am finding myself in.