First Tiny Road Trip Around Christchurch, New Zealand

Today was not even supposed to go as it did, because, despite Latoya and I discussing a trip for today, we decided not to go ahead with her initial idea, because I had to move location to another AirBnB and I also wanted to buy my (first) car before the long weekend and His Majesty's all important birthday this Bank Holiday Monday.

So, I woke up, realising I'm (almost) behind on a deadline for something work-related and scrambling to bank on the fact that for the world on the other side of the planet, it is still 31st May I grabbed my laptop and started ''catching up''.

Ping.

Latoya's message shows up with a picture of a grand-looking view and says she's caught up on some sleep and if I still wanted to, we can go for a drive and coffee not far out and then she could drop me at the dealership before they close.

After rushing around to finish this work thing, packing and showering I caught myself overwhelmed and rushed as Latoya's message said she's on her way to me. My Type A personality traits, my unbelievable discomfort with people having to wait for me, along with workaholism residue just crushed me and thank goodness for Latoya's kindness and patience, she made a great suggestion which I jumped on and things worked out.

But boy, didn't I have to face myself and slow-the-fuck-down, because once more I was so focused on everything happening and working on a tight schedule that I tied myself in knots with the stress... And only my osteopaths know what levels of insane stress I can store in my body.

So, I packed, got ready, and we went off.

And as soon as we were in the car, I felt like I needed to drop the drive to do it all in some insane time-frames. So, I called the dealership, I told them I would try to come today, but it may have to wait until Tuesday and that I'm serious about buying the car and would love for them to keep it for me - and they said, ''No worries, we'll keep it for you.'' and my brain finally relaxed and I was able to truly enjoy my time with Latoya and the views we had.

I will keep saying it, but I do feel New Zealand is already soooo healing for me, it's insane.

So, anyhow! Here are some pictures from today.