This Is It.

Well...it's over. There's only a little bit of administrative stuff to take care of at UC, then it'll be back headfirst into NZ life.
I'm noticing the strangest things about home, like the smells. I walked out of Auckland Airport on my way to the domestic terminal and the first thing that hit me was "Hey! It smells like summer!" I have to say, I definitely prefer the NZ version of summer. Winter is much the same but summer...I'll never, ever complain about it here again. I am scarred for life by the clear blue skies and relentless heat of Spain and Italy.

I have had an amazing year but it's also good to be able to slow down, recover my breath, and gain some perspective. I am looking forward to finishing my degree, which will hopefully happen in 2010, and then, depending on what kind of job I can get overseas and my student loan balance, I will move back to europe. Scotland, probably, but I'm open to ideas.

What did I learn? The most important one is probably that very few things are the end of the world, and that even if it's not what you would have preferred, it'll work out. Especially with a smile.

I hope that you've enjoyed reading my blog. I have used it mostly to record the year for my own later reference but it's been good to be able to share it with people back home. This will be the last post, I expect, unless something major happens that's related to 2009, so I hope you have a wonderful year! I'm a little curious as to who actually reads this so if you're willing please leave a comment.

Take care
Katie :-)