I am in love

I know its bee almost a month since I've updated you. I have been trying for a while to write a blog entry about New Zealand but all of them don't seem to do our trip any justice at all.

My dad and I met in Auckland a few weeks ago and we spent 11 days traveling around both the North and the South island. It was a beautiful. Thats all I can say. I am completely unable to explain the beauty that this county holds. Just know that if you do not make it there once in your life time you are seriously missing out. New Zealand has everything and there is nothing to dislike about it. Nothing. Ok maybe high petrol prices...

The peacefulness of this country was so incredible it seemed to radiated into the air and up to the sky and into my heart! Its so hard to explain whats its like there because words aren't enough. While driving though the country, the scenery changed drastically around every corner and we experienced almost every climate type. There were the tropical beaches in the North, the tree fern forests, the subtropical rain forests, the high altitude forest, the snow capped mountains, the mountain lakes. I could go on. Everyone of these was so much more beautiful than any other I had ever seen. Just look at the pictures and multiply that by 10X and maybe you can imagine what its like there.

So we managed to get all the way down to the South Island and over to Christchurch which was my favorite city. Its very British, very old and very lovely. Old men in argyle socks walking their Scottish terriers, big oak trees, red phone booths. You know, the works.

When I got back, I realized that my study abroad is on its downhill. I am over half way though it. I can't believe it. And yeah, I was struggling and homesick for a good chunk of it. But now that its almost over, I feel like its just getting started! Only now am I getting into the groove of things. My friendships with people are starting get deeper and binding and now I have to leave them. Why don't they prepare us for this part of our study abroad?! Leaving here so unready was not something I thought would happen! I'm scared of what its going to be like when I get back. I think I might have a hard time for the first few months.
Not only am I going to be different but the things in my life are going to be different and its hard for me to come to grips with that. My parents sold the house I grew up in and are building a new one. My brother is graduating high school in a few days. My best friend in Flag isn't going to be there. A lot of people I care about aren't going to be there. It's going to be new and unfamiliar.
Yeah, I know, its another "opportunity to grow".
Right now I want to go back to something old and familiar. I want to go back to the exact same thing that I left. But I'm not. So I'll deal.