I’m sunburnt! My shoulders, chest and nose, because I spent hours in the sun helping to unload the truck. How very intelligent of me… Oh well, it’s not that bad, so as long as I moisturise often it’ll all be fine and dandy.

The drive to Auckland was very long, nearly nine hours, and we got stuck in road works often. Tiring to boot. Mum and I were zombies by the time we got here.

So, we gave a lot of stuff to sort through… But that’s ok, the weekend will be put to good use!

I need to buy a wardrobe since my room doesn’t have one. Can’t really unpack anything until after I have one and my drawers are moved in there.

Sorry this post was all over the place, but I’m kind of in a hurry.

Tonight is the last night in this house. I’m not really sure how I feel about it; I’ve always been a sentimental person and sometimes the most random things set me off onto a nostalgic journey of epic proportions. I suppose this journey is bittersweet because, although I didn’t enjoy much of my time in this town for various reasons, it is a nice town and does have some great things about it that I’ll miss.

In a way I think I should feel like I’ll miss it a lot, or that I know I will begin to miss it eventually or feel like I took it for granted. However, right now, I am just thinking about how I can’t wait to leave. I can’t wait to get to Auckland, to see my siblings, my niece and nephews, my family, my friends. I can’t wait to say “I need x, y, z” and be able to go to a store nearby and find it all without much struggle. Small towns are not easy to shop in, not easy to find things to do in (unless you surf, which is the case in this small town).

It doesn’t really feel like we’re moving, either, because we’ve always gone to Auckland often over the years, so it just feels like on of those times. The only clue that we’re moving are the stacks of boxes and lack of anything but furniture around.

Anyway, time to me to go to bed! I added Twitter feeds to my sidebar and I can update those from my mobile, so that’s neat. Better not use that if I’m drunk…

Note: I wrote this yesterday but forgot to publish it to the blog, so you’re getting it now.

I’m feeling decidedly unmotivated today, which presents problems as I need to finish packing my belongings up this weekend and want to help my mum with stuff as well. We move on the 19th so it would be better to get as much done this weekend instead of leaving it to the last minute, which I’m prone to doing with most things.

I hate getting into these slumps of no motivation, for obvious reasons. It’s not at all fun, that’s for sure, but I just can’t be bothered. I’m tired, my neck is a bit sore and causing headaches, it’s hot. I don’t want to do anything! It’s so annoying. It’s like my default mood is “blah” instead of happy. I’m existing, not living, which sucks.

At least it’s fixable though, by making myself do stuff, and I tend to feel more lively and motivated when I’m in Auckland, which is where I’m moving to.

Speaking of which, it occurred to me recently that anyone following this blog might be confused about the move, so here is a brief explanation:

I was born in Auckland, skip to age 12 and my family moves to Gisborne. Over the last 8 years I’ve spent lots of time in Auckland as we’d go there several times a year. In September 2007 I moved to Auckland and stayed there until March of this year, when I came back down for a holiday. After that my situation in Auckland changed and I decided to come back down to Gisborne for the rest of the year, until the move back to Auckland. Incidentally I have probably spent more time in Auckland this second half of the year than I had anticipated, because my mum and I have been back and forth for various reasons and we spent about 2 months there, from July to October, when my eldest sister gave birth. So, next week we finally move, or I do as Mum will come back here for a bit as my dad still has a month of work left. The End!