Well, the final day of work finally came and went. It was hard during the last week or two for sure. A month notice was a nice gesture and gave the Y more time to find somebody to replace me, but I would recommend the two week notice for anyone else. It’s just so hard […]

Many of you might be wondering if I am going into this little adventure blind or not. Yes, I am going by myself, but I do have a couple contacts in New Zealand. One of which will even be picking me up from the airport. I told them I could take a bus to where […]

I take it all back! Jocelyn will not be missed. Nope, not one bit. Not after the prank she played on me today that ended up with me having magic marker scribbled all over my right arm. To be honest, I could never see nor talk to her again and feel good about it. On […]

September 23, 2005 Today in my office building we had a going party. Granted I’m not officially done with work until the 23rd, but we had to have it early so my boss would be able to attend since he’ll be gone the rest of week and all of next. It was nice, everyone brought […]

September 10, 2005  Two years ago today I was flying to Peru…….Man how time goes by so quickly, and can change so many things in a short amount of time…… South America is really the reason why I want to continue traveling today. (Corny joke coming up) I don’t know if I got bit by […]

Picked up my New Zealand address and Skype phone number today. My New Zealand address is as follows: Andy Collins #3136 Travellers Contact Point 87 Queen Street Auckland New Zealand Purchased from the BackpackerBoard at http://www.backpackerboard.co.nz/index.php that will allow me to recieve mail anywhere in NZ using one postal address. My phone is as follows: […]

Well I took the GF to the airport this morning. She will be spending the next ten months on the East Coast in Charleston, SC with Americorps. It was definitely an emotional goodbye and hard to see her go, but I am happy for her as well because this is something she’s wanted to do […]

I sadly realized today (or rather after talking to Jozlyn) that I will no longer have the pleasure of enjoying lunch breaks filled with deep laughter and enriching conversation with her……. =(……….she will be missed………