9:17 Wednesday Morning   Adventure Tuesday was yesterday. the day before yesterday was also Tuesday. It was a good last morning. I woke up early, had a shower, and finished packing. He came in unshowered, unshaven, and quite sleepy looking. It was pretty cute. We took a few last photographs. I sent him away to have a shower. I went to have some last bowls of muesli cereal. :) Oh the sight of him in a towel is a delicious view I'll never forget. He smells so clean and his hair is a little damp, his skin is soft and his mouth is minty fresh. This time he was still unshaven, but that might be because I like his scruffy little "beard" wannabe. It's actually kind of soft, which is strange for facial hair in my (albeit limited) experience. Ahem, and a towel. ooer. There's not much more alluring than that. The night before Tuesday was my last night. Monday, the 10th, I went with him to his chemistry lecture. I met his friend Ash and doodled on a piece of paper he let me steal. We went to Countdown to buy some last minute things for my dad. I always love going grocery shopping with him, even for stupid things like Tea and chocolate. Then we went back to my room to do a little bit of packing and a little bit of pashing and a lotta bit of cuddling. The time was growing near to when people would be coming over for my going-away party, so we went back over to the house. While we waited, we painted, adding to the canvas that we had started colouring at the beach a few days before. Tom and Zeb came first, they brought me a package that had the Sheep sweater (and a Starburst Sucks lolly) in it. THE sheep sweater. The one that had been in the window at the Opshop that I pointed out to them when we were walking back home from town (Zeb had been telling me that Sheepy Sweaters were the height of NZ fashion, just no one in NZ was fashionable enough to wear one). All-in-all, it was a good last whole-day. All-in-all, it was a good visit. We're so much closer. I've made closer ties with people I'd wished I'd gotten to know better when I was there the first time (John/Neville/Meningitis and Tom and even Wendy a little bit). I've made closer ties with Caleb. I absolutely did not want to come home. The Tea Party complete with Petanque games, croquet, and poetry reading. Don't forget the charming Mr Zeb (The Butler), the stuffy Miss Teresa (Overpretentious), the humourous Mr Caleb (sympathising with the butler and mocking the overpretentious), the hospitable Mr Tom (the Host), And the non-tea-drinking Miss Yvonne, Miss Yvetti, and Mr John/Neville (though they made very fine company indeed). The Late Night Beach Excursion (followed by a late night trip to countdown for Yvonne's chocolate fix, followed still by a trip to Vetti&Von's for bad DDR and racing games). The Girly Sleepover - the spur of the moment "sleepover" at Zeb's following game night (don't let anyone ever say that any board game is better than giant Snakes and Ladders. Unless that game is strip snakes and ladders....!) with Dictionary (Guess what Gazump or Lox means) and hair-doing and hair dying. Oh my what fun. Oh yes, the 3 a.m. trip to Countdown (God Bless 24/7 grocery stores) for pies. The Sumner Trips (First with green tea cakes and a picnic, complete with jumping around like crazy people on the beach. Second with a canvas and paints, complete with jumping around like crazy people on the beach). The Rave with Zeb and Yvetti. Sober of course! But I'll never forget the two randoms who came up to me and started trying to do some grinding (one of them reminded me of Aaron, only creepier because he was serious) - I casually moved in a (hopefully) graceful leap to Zeb's side and continued my dancing there. what a blow to the creeps with the pelvises. The Asian Mohawk, AKA the RAVE MASTA. The Herbal Guy in the grey sweater. The Argentinian in the colouring room who followed me around for a while afterwords. The best chips in the world at KFC after a night of not having anything to eat. What an awesome time. The wristband was blue with glitters! The Belladonna Film Festival with Arina! Oh, the randomnosity! Coffee Nights with Anita and Simon! Laserstrike! Other events worthy of exclamation points! All the McDonalds Trips after Nightchurch! Like I said. What An Amazing Vacation. Truly unforgettable.