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2018-04-23 / \/ \/ / \
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What up! It ya boy, broadcastin' from the / _/ / /
land of the free. \_______/_\___/____/\___/____/_
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Have been up here for almost a week, just / _/ /_ _/
chilling out and I'm already bored. I really /- / _/ /
don't do downtime well, doubly so when I'm \________/\________/\___/____/
out of my comfort zone. At least this time I
have a computer, last time I was up here I didn't bring a rig with me which
was a very silly mistake haha.
The flight wasn't too bad, we flew Air New Zealand and they were really
good, I'd definitely recommend them. The food was surprisingly good and their
service was really pleasant. Also the route from MEL to AKL to SFO was nice,
brought the long leg of the flight down to about 10 hours which was pretty
pleasant, and AKL airport was nice. SFO was about what you'd expect, it was
slightly better than LAX but United States border security is always an
unpleasant experience, there's not much you can do about it I guess. A while
back I came in via Vancouver which was probably the best US border experience
I've had but adds at least an extra hour on to that flight.
I'm thinking next time of trying to get a flight from Australia to Hawaii
and entering that way; maybe it'll be less of a pain? At the very least it's a
break in the middle of the route so should be nice to get out of the plane and
stretch our legs at the 10 hour mark. Or, even better, stay in Hawaii for a
few nights before flying on.
Anyway, I've been eating shit for like a week and loving it. American food
is the worst but also the best. Stuff is more expensive than last time I was
here though which sucks a bit but it is what it is. Have caught up with
friends and family and it's all pretty chill, not doing much touristy things,
at least not yet. Our friends here really are the best, they're my partner's
friends from her school days but I love hanging with them. I felt like a bit
of a pill the first time we were out though, I dunno, I just had real trouble
punching through anxiety and just ended up real quiet.
Family has been good too, they're kind of high stress but not in any
unusual way, they're just people living their lives and I'm a person who likes
to hide in bed. I think I'm having a bit of trouble letting go of stress
because I'm also off the codeine since getting here.
It is what it is I guess.
I'm also really struggling with "Washington Time". Everyone just gets out
of bed whenever, does things whenever, it's so casual and it drives me nuts
hahaha. If I've got shit to do I'm up at the crack of dawn, everything planned
out and ready to go. Having to learn how to "whenever" is proving difficult
haha.
I've been watching a lot of TV and it's hilarious, it's such garbage,
especially news and current affairs shows. Who believes this shit? Wow.
I've got some fun stuff to do around the end of this week so I'll update
y'all on that. Stay tuned, sports fans.
