The past few weeks have been interesting: trips to Texas and Santa Cruz, shopping at REI for important items like rain pants, and signing leases on new Boulder pads... but one thing has stayed constant... we all have New Zealand on the mind! We leave in 16 days... taht's 2 weeks and 2 days which means just a little over two full work weeks. When April kicked off, I found myself trying to mentally check out of work, which proved to be impossible once I realized what needed to get done between now and our departure for New Zealand. I think we all tried to do that, but now we're back at it for the next couple of weeks. Then it's time for out of office messages and no cell reception. Can't wait!
Adam, Kyle and I signed a lease on a new place in Boulder. Let's just say that this place is a little piece of heaven. Even though it's a little 70's style, with green carpet and lantern lighting, the view off the back porch is ridiculous and it's nestled right into the foothills (literally!) and just a short drive to town. In fact, we can hike to the top of our subdivision (where the rich neighbor has an Eisenhower-esce Tunnel for their driveway) and drop right over to the top of the Mt. Sanitas trailhead and into town! We're going to be all moved in before NZ and will have a house warming and welcome back party when we return. Invites to come. Kyle has decided that for now we just need to move in the grill and the dining room table so we can head up there for some BBQ and the sunset. Here's the view:
We also got the great news that our layover in LA while en route to NZ grew to 6 hours. United canceled our original flight and replaced it with a flight that didn't give us enough time to connect. The only other option was giving us 6 hours in LA... oh well.. better safe than sorry I guess. Amber has come to the rescue once again and is going to send a fleet of her friends to pick us up at the airport and take us to the beach for a few hours in between. Now that I think about it, I love this 6 hour layover. Our vacation begins that much earlier!
Otherwise, we've been just doing the normal day-to-day stuff: naming non-profits, picking out dogs for Kyle for once we return, and talking to NZ flyfishing gurus who are going to document our entire trip. That's normal right?
The two week countdown is about to begin... ye-ah!
Jill
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