Day 13

i'm in auckland. it's busy. there's lots of traffic and people who can't drive properly. within the first hour i was here i almost had three accidents. ok admittedly it was friday afternoon rush-hour, but still....it was stressful.
it amazes me how in two years i have got so 'un-used' to auckland traffic. when i come here i struggle with having to allow for travel time into everything i plan. it never used to bother me....it was just part of life and you dealt with it, but now i seemingly have adjusted to christchurch traffic, where i can pretty much leave 5 minutes before i have to be most places(ok maybe 10).
i have always been a city girl, and auckland by world standards is really a small town, and christchurch is really just a town....but i have become used to the way of life in christchurch, and everytime i come back up to auckland i realise that. that's not to say i don't miss auckland. there are parts of it i do, but in reality it's only an hour and a half away. and with air travel so cheap these days it's so easy to come back often. i still don't feel like christchurch is home...but then i don't feel like auckland is anymore either. i'm homeless.
tonite i had the 'mix and mingle' at my high school jubilee. it was an interesting experience....not necessarily one i would like to repeat again in a hurry. but at the same time it was good to be able to say hi to people, have a quick chat and then move to the next person....like my gorgeous brother :D