So, I just had my wisdom teeth out. I disapprove of the pain but I do approve of Southern Cross Hospital in Wellington, they were really good!! Sunny was also really awesome coming to pick me up and walking me home. She saved me $$$ on a taxi which is good, as did Joy who drove me to the hospital this morning. I am also impressed with the service at Amcal Pharmacy on Cuba Street, they saved me from having to have penicillin, which I have a 50/50 chance of being allergic to by double checking with my specialist.
So anyway, enough about Wisdom Teeth coming out... back to my Adventures!
It all started when I was 3, we moved down the road... big adventure for a little girl, it seemed like over the hill and far away.... it was just over the hill but certainly not far. Hehe.
Then when I was almost 7 I came home from school and Mr Mathews (now deceased due to a plane crash, God rest his soul!) was in the lounge with Mum and Dad. Mum said 'guess what.' 'what?' 'We're going to Disneyland!!!' then Mr Mathews told me we were going to live at Disneyland. In December 1991, I got very confused when we didn't end up living in Disneyland but lived in Washington D.C. instead for three and a half years while Dad worked at the NZ Embassy.
During the time we lived in America we traveled around the United States and Canada every summer after (and one year we went before) summer camp at Camp Rim Rock which was always awesome!! Every summer after a stint at Camp Rim Rock we drove all round the place in our van, Beauty, we also had an old Ford known as The Beast. So we drove in Beauty and went to a grand total of 42 states plus some Canadian provinces, namely Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec and Sascatchewan (sp?). We visited Yellowstone National Park, Mt Rushmore, the World's Biggest Mall at the time in West Edmonton, the Calgary Stampede, New Orleans, Philadephia, New York, Cape Cod, Atlantic City and of course the amazing monuments of Washington DC! There's almost a million other places I could write about but I don't want to bore you all.
In my time in the States I went to school at Chesterbrook Elementary School and joined the Girl Scouts. Mum and Dad made sure I made the most of the experience that's for sure. I have really fond memories of the times we spent in McLean, Virginia and lived next to my dear friend Mr Dunlap and his beautiful wife Janie, who became my surrogate grandparents when Granny died when I was 8. I am still in contact with Mr Dunlap today and want to thank him for the impact he had on my life, I don't know if he knows how much he impacted the course of my life but if he reads this he will now.
We returned to New Zealand in 1995 to the same house we moved to when I was 3. Then when I was 14, Mum and I went back to McLean for a two week visit. Not much had changed and yet everything had changed, it was strange. I loved it though! And will always have a soft spot for that part of the world (and people wondered why I was so vocal in US Foreign Policy class last year... haha).
So anyway that's it from me for now. My sister is currently in the States/Mexico exploring South America, she said she felt really at home in San Fran when she arrived. I hope that happens to me too next time I go there.
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