Finally, the day of departure was here. It took me most of the morning to pack and apart from a slight drama attaching the small day pack to the main pack, all went smoothly.
I had weighed my bag on the bathroom scales and then when I found it was underweight added a few more things. I think Dad was concerned that we weren't going to make it to the airport I was so nonchalant about it all, but we did with time to spare.
And how much did the big bag weigh? 20.8 kg! Ye of little faith.
My good luck continued when I cashed in a lotto ticket and won $22. Thanks to some clever marketing by Paperplus I spent the money on two dvds (one on NZ and one on Dunedin/Otago).
Eventually, it was time to go and I said my fond farewells to Dad, Kate, Em and Grace who accompanied me to the airport. In Auckland, Margaret and her daughter Rebekah popped out to while away an hour or two and add some humour to the evening.
Thanks to all for their texts, phone calls and farewell dinners and coffees. I will miss you all - once it really sinks in that this is not just for a couple of weeks.
Au revoir mes amis. I look forward to seeing you in 2012.
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