Still Useless.

Looks like January is nearly over and I have barely even thought about blogging.. sometimes a gal just needs a break from thinking about stringing words together. Not really feeling the love in general.. for blogging.. for life.. for anything. The weather here doesn't make for a fun mood.

Luckily.. times are starting to brighten up.. piss off 4pm darkness! The days are starting to get longer and soon enough there will be no dirty snow outside.. and by soon enough I would say it is still a month away before that really happens, but we haven't had any real heavy snowfall which is nice.. it does keep threatening tho.

Lately however.. Em (she really is an awesome planner and researcher) and I have stepped up a gear in the Eurotrip planning stakes.. more so Emma but I have actually helped and it seems we have a pretty darn good plan of attack organised. I'm sure there will be plenty of well strung together words after that trip! If I make it back alive that is! Especially with Barcelona! Emma was reading this stack of info and giving me the bullet points.. so many pickpockets and scams! People slashing your tires at lights and then robbing you! Eeeek! There are even people who pose as cops and ask to see your ID and when you do.. they of course assault and  rob you!

Apparently it is good if you don't look or act too touristy.. not too sure how both Georg and I, and our ghostly white exterior is going to get away with not looking touristy.. fake tan perhaps? 

Ahhh should be fun all the same! What's life without a little danger right?

106 days until Georg & Mike arrive at our humble abode.. we really should get organised on planning the fun times of that part of their stay!

110 days until we head off to the first destination of Amsterdam! Early.. early start that day!

Then 30 days of pure Awesomesauce!

Sooo.. on Saturday, Em and I were watching Spartacus: Gods of the Arena and I cracked up laughing and blurted out "You're not in Guatemala now, Dr Ropata!" as soon as I saw Temuera Morrison on the screen, I had no idea he was gonna be in it.. hilarious! And also.. it turns out as soon as I hear a little bit of kiwi on a screen.. my own kiwi accent gets a touch stronger.. Awesomesauce.

Just Useless.

The new year has arrived and I have started it off with.. once again being o so very slack in the blogging department.. actually even more so than usual.. why is this you ask? coz it has been freaken horrible here that I don't want to find myself just moaning and moaning and moaning.. it is starting to feel like that is all I can do right now. I guess it is that time of year over this side of the world where the weather and people just irk you. Must be all the cold and darkness. Doesn't make for fun adventures that's for sure.  Useless. I'm over this winter already. I need a holiday.

Moving onto something good tho.. Polly, the parentals birdy who hates me with a vengeance.. seemed to actually love me the other night. 

She even gave me her bedroom eyes and let me pat her.. for the first time in all the years that they have had her.. she must have been high or something.. or maybe she just liked my 'stache shirt! The 'stache is felt and feels nice after all lol Next time I go around.. no doubt she will be on the hate me routine again.. that's life!

The parentals parked car got hit by a bus.. it was some good spotting and timing on our behalf too. Em and I were out walking Nemo.. braving the slips, we came up past the church and saw a bus parked on the crossing and Em made a comment about what an idiot for parking there.. which is true, who parks on the crossing? People kinda need it car free so that they can cross.. but anyways we continue on and on the home stretch we see the parentals car parked.. and I noticed that there is a rather large scrape along the side.. then I noticed that the light frame had also been popped off.. and then it was apparent that the bus was parked on the crossing coz the driver was coming down to the car to leave his number. Em called Pa and he came down to sort things.. and as you would imagine he was kinda pissed.. I would be too if my car had got hit by.. well anything within the first year of owning it.. I think that they have had it maybe that long? Maybe it was last christmas they got it? They have changed cars so much it's hard to keep track.. I see a new car in their future.

I can't really say that there is much more to type so I will leave you with this.. I want to see this movie.. 'Paul' and I want to have my very own Paul!

Someone.. make it happen!