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New Zealand – Where have you been all of my life?

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I think there is a good chance I moved to the wrong country. AAANNND I think there is a good chance I may look into transferring to New Zealand next semester to finish off my degree.  If they’ll do a direct transfer of credit – I think I will be doing a direct transfer to Wellington.  :)

Why New Zealand seems a better fit for me:

  • They have Hip Hop
  • They have AMAZING hip hop.
  • Their music can’t be found or purchased anywhere but within the country – did I mention they have amazing hip hop?
  • They have DELICIOUS gluten-free bread.
  • Their gluten-free bread is so yummy it can be eaten PLAIN.
  • They have GOOD microwaved popcorn.
  • The men around here are smoking hot.  – Seriously – they really are.
  • The fashion rocks.
  • The city is about the size of Salt Lake – perfect.
  • And last but NOT LEAST – they sell t-shirts that I like.  You’ll see pics of those soon.

Here are some pics from Tourist Day One!

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Oh and they’re home to a Giant Colossal Squid …

He has kids??

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One of my girlfriends, we’ll call her Mrs. Know, and I were IM-ing this morning and she surprised me with information about Dance Dance.  My date with Dance Dance is this evening and she had no idea I was going to go out with him – can we say coincidence?  It piqued my interest and I asked her to tell me a little more about him.  Mrs. Know is known for 2 things – knowing everyone and knowing the skeletons of everyone.  I can’t count how many times I’ve shook my head and wondered “Why did she just tell me that?”  I usually respond to her gossip with, “So?  What does that matter?”  ) And it is for this reason I have not been privy to the latest gossip (that’s ok with me!)

I couldn’t resist the latest stream today since it had to do with Dance Dance.  Mrs. Know doesn’t spread anything that is false – she only scoops the hard facts.  Kids, divorces, real estate, schooling, arrest record, religious orientation etc.  These things still shouldn’t be spread around like piping hot honey on a piping hot scone but I’m grateful she leaves it at the facts.  (Though I wonder what she says about me!  I’ve heard some of it.  Oh Daisy?  Daze is my GIRL!  (she calls me Daze.) She’s awesome but just so you know she doesn’t really go to church.  Sure I’ll introduce you but just so you know she’s dated so and so and so and so and so and so…  blah blah blah – ah well – it is what it is.)

So the scoop about Dance Dance?  Nothing too critical except for one big problem!!!  HE HAS KIDS!!!  I thought those were his BROTHERS in his facebook pictures – not his kids!  He apparently has like an 11 year old and a 9 year old.  11 and 9?  I’m only 26!!!

So of course Matty Matt got an immediate text:  “What do I do?”   Matty Matt said, “Cancel.”

I IM-ed MIUB and said “What do I do?”  MIUB replied back with, “How hot is he?”  and then said, “Cancel.”  Oh MIUB – you are so predictable.

Hmm ….

Scott Pete said to give him a chance.

So what did I do?  I went on the date.  ) And I’m glad I did.

He was a perfect gentleman the entire night.  He’s smart, ambitious, sporty, cute, genuine, fashionable and scored major points when the appetizer came out and he double checked the ingredients to make sure I could eat it (I’m gluten intolerant.)  Yeah it made me remember that time MIUB knew I was gluten intolerant and picked a PASTA house as my last dinner with him before I moved.  Hmm …

Ah – but that’s what I loved most about MIUB – self-absorption is SO underrated!  ;)

Anyway – we were supposed to watch a movie afterwards but instead sat around talking for a few hours.  This morning I had a text bright and early saying he had a nice time last night and he thought getting to know me a bit was way better than watching a movie.  And I’m sure you won’t be surprised that an invitation to try the watch a movie thing again was extended.  And I accepted.  How could I resist?

Oh and did I mention he also sent me a text saying, “Hey I know a lot of great boutiques around here so if you need to do some shopping before you leave I’d love to join you.”  Wait – what?  With the exception of MIUB and Matty Matt there aren’t a whole lot of men up to the challenge of shopping with Daisy … hmm … he does know how to work it doesn’t he?

I think I’m seeing him again Sunday.  )

Insomnia – the joy of my nights

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I used to get insomnia ALL of the time.  And I mean ALL of the time.   Sure it sucked but I dealt with it.  It was my life – what else could I do?

It kind of went away when I moved to the land down under (which coincidentally was the same time I gave up gluten) and I announced myself as cured!  YAY!  I was officially free from my sleeping disorder (diagnosis made by the magic powers of Daisy’s mind.)

Then about 6 weeks ago the insomnia started again.  I wonder if it could have anything to do with the bajillion things going on in my mind.

And then of course there’s this problem of HIM.  Yes – HIM.  My mind always drifts to HIM during the long hours at night when I want to sleep but can’t shut my mind down.  OF COURSE I think about HIM when I have insomnia – he has it too.  AND he’s never far from my mind. WHY??!!!???

Somewhere along the line he became an unconscious habit – one that I’m just barely recognizing.  I had it under control when I was in Sydney.  I very decidedly told myself that I was not allowed to think about him AT ALL and I was at least 80% successful.  You see, he kind of almost broke my heart. And he WOULD have broken it but I kept that pretty under control too.  I’d say I was at least 80% successful.  ;)

Ok so about 3 weeks before I came home though, I FINALLY admitted to my BFF to the extreme, Crysta, and my mom that I still had feelings for him.  AGH!!!  I’m so dumb!!!   And then of course now I’ve come back to memory lane.  And everyone asks about him because of course they ALL knew about him before I left. I was completely at least 80%  infatuated with him and at one point he was at least 80% infatuated with me in return.  Oh and did I mention he just happened to live in Australia?  WOW!  Imagine that!  (Full story coming soon.)

So everyone asks and that pushes him to the forefront of my mind – and ERR!!!

I guess today was just a little bit extra sucky because I went and saw all of my old coworkers who were there with me from the beginning of the infatuation.  And of course they asked – they ALL asked about him – and even though I told them I was moving to Australia for SCHOOL and not a boy they all secretly hoped it would work out and conveniently forgot that he lost interest BEFORE I EVEN ARRIVED!!!!  I reminded them of this tiny detail and they were like, “Oh yeah that’s right.  So he didn’t regain interest when he saw you again?”

NOPE!  AND THANK YOU FOR RUBBING IT IN!!!

Oh I can do nothing but laugh.  My silly heart.  It’s all good though, my thoughts of him now are nothing but wishes that he’s doing well and is happy.  Ok that’s a lie – sometimes they’re a bit more complicated than that – sometimes they’re memories – or silly wishes.  But for the most part, I don’t ever dwell.  I just wonder what he’s up to and hope he has a smile on his face.  )

I’m a texting s. l. u-know-the-rest

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“Who are you having text with?”   Oh I don’t know – like the whole world at once.

And so it begins…  doesn’t take long to fall back into old habits does it?  I moved to AUS and became a very infrequent and proper texter.  I even gave up Facebook.  But NOW – watch out – I’m texting like crazy and have turned back into a Facebook maniac.  Ooh hold on – my phone just went off…

HAHAHA!  American boys are so much better at having text.  [blush]  I just love a little naughty text action.  ;)

I also love getting texts that make me laugh out loud at the most inappropriate times.  LOL!   It’s all about spicing life up,  Texting is so great!  And I also love how quickly people respond to texts.  Here in SLC if I send a text I’m getting a response back pronto.  In AUS I’m lucky if I hear back from them the next day.

I really miss Australia right now (the gluten free food in America is garbage) but I have to say that Americans and their mad text skillz beat Aussies ANY DAY!!   And for those of you who are fed up with the text crazy life – try going without it for 4 months and you may just change your mind …

Hmm … I think I may have text with as many people as I can before I go home JUST because it’s so awesome.  ;)