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camped at Lanara's

Gosh, it's been kinda quiet around here lately. Sorry 'bout that. I'm currently camped out at David's Godmother's place in Christchurch, waiting to hear from The Man about renewing my visitor's visa.

I picked up Ziggy (my tent) back in Queenstown after Beth's and my "divorce" (as we jokingly refer to it). It was entertaining, deciding who got what- being quite attached to Samson, she bought my half of the car, while I kept the cell phone, geek that I am. We split up the other communal stuff- laundry detergent, cooking gear, cuttlery, etc. But it also occurred to us that real divorces must be like this, only on a _much larger_ scale. Uggh.

Anyway... We had a great time seeing the Coromandel with Betty, though it was only a brief taste of all that's there. Of course I've got pictures, but those'll have to wait until I find another broadband connection. Beth took off for China on the 17th, and is heading back to the US a few weeks later.

If all goes well with the renewed visa, I'll be in New Zealand for a maximum of 6 more months. For some reason visitors can only spend 9 of every 18 months here. Gonna have to look for winter work soon though- the leaves are in the midst of changing color, lots have fallen already, and it's definitely getting colder.