Most boring entry ever.

So it seems I've once again allowed a considerable time of chunk to wiz by without updating my blog. Two main factors contributed to this: 1) I've been working a metric shit ton and 2) not really much blog-worthy has happened since my bungy adventures.

For the past four weeks I've worked 45+ hours, and two of those weeks only had one day off. Lame. I haven't had two days off in a row since my bungy adventure, in fact. Like I said before, though, I can't really complain because having money is nice. Last weekend Alexa and I booked a 5 day/4 night holiday to Fiji. It was a little less than $NZ700 for each of us, which is quite a bargain when you consider that's about $US360 for airfare, hotel, and transfers inclusive. We also made bookings for the Routeburn Track, a 3 day/2 night backpacking tramp through the wilderness of Mt. Aspiring national park. It's one of New Zealand's 9 Great Walks and is renowned worldwide for its scenery. We'll be embarking on that adventure March 20-22, departing the day after my dad leaves NZ. The Fiji holiday isn't until late May.

In the little free time I've had, I've been continuing to work on my very manly baking skills. I'm happy to say I can now cross "Learn to bake bread from scratch" from my list of 101 Things, since my loaves no longer come out as dense, chewy bricks and are quite delicious. I recently expanded my repetoire to include pretzels. The first batch came out a bit dodgy, partly due to not having as much flour as I needed and having to sub in wholemeal flour. Whole wheat and pretzels don't mix so well. But batch number two is in progress as I'm typing and I have high hopes for it. I think english muffins will be my next endeavor.

In other news, Alexa's mom should be in the sky, on her way from LA to Auckland. She arrives in Queenstown tomorrow (Sunday) morning at around 9 local time. She and Alexa will embark on a variety of adventures throughout the week including a wine tour and steamship cruise. I couldn't take much leave since I'll need a lot of time off when my dad comes in two weeks, but I will join them on a trip to Dunedin next weekend. Dunedin is primarily a university town, but it also has cool tourist sites like the Cadbury World factory tour, Speight's brewery, NZ's only castle, and eco-tours to see wild penguin colonies (packs? groups? gangs? whatever the hell you call large numbers of penguins congregated in one area) a short drive from the city.

Oh! I don't think this has been mentioned yet, but Alexa finally has a job! After a month of unsuccessful job-hunting she finally broke down and joined me in the trenches of Fresh Choice Queenstown's checkout lanes. Queenstown is a tough job market in the summer. While there's new jobs popping up every day, they seem to get gobbled up as soon as they're hosted due to the high concentration of travelling workers like us.

Anyway, I think I've probably bored you enough. I know booking trips and baking aren't thrilling topics, but bungy jumping is a tough act to follow. Hopefully next week's trip to Dunedin will make a break in the lull.

And no pictures this time, obviously. Unless you guys want a picture of Fresh Choice or bread, which I'll happily supply upon demand.