Well good evening or whatever time it is wherever you are....

I think there must have been magical fairies that sprinkled specks of divine inspiration all over Nelson and myself this avro/morn. Nelson = the town I am in now ...It is the greatest spot in the south island (possibly the world).

I think that there comes a time in every ones life when something snaps (in an excessively good way). If this is true (which it is), then that day would definetely be Dec the 10th 2007) I believe that everything happens for a reason, and that sometimes things fall on to our laps to inspire and allow us grow. When these things happen I think that it is impossible to ignore them. If life were a creek, it makes more sense where I am going and how I am getting there. I will paddle as hard as I can, and then the current will do the rest.

Basically life is really amazing...Every day when I wake up the first thing I try to think of is

Thank you

Thank you for opening up my eyes....and taking my first step on this glorious day. (I"m real sorry to sound cheesy)...I even wake up real early every day, I just get excited. I just think about how good I am at making oatmeal and all the great things that can happen in a day. Why sleep when you can be awake??? I ask myself!!

My day started out ..............

I went with my lady friends to town....in the Morn
As always I really like being wonky solo during the day and we mainly ditched each other to meet up later at the veggie cafe @ 1:00. It was a lovely day. I got a nice jacket (exactly like my favourite one back home) and a cool blue beaded ring fo 5.50$. I also bought a few other things for myself (I never really go shopping so it felt real good).

The best thing that happened was when I went to the yoga studio
I wanted to check the classes and ended up talking about the teaching program with the lady who worked there for quite sometime. The class is real affordable compared to most that I have looked up. A lot are $15,000+. It's the exact same certification and I can possibly work to pay for some or all of it.

I think this is one of those things that has fallen from the sky, landed on my lap and presented an amazing opportunity upon me. I have been living life to comfortably, and need to do something like this to make everything wholesome again. I have always thought about being a yoga instructor. I love yoga and teaching why not combine the two??? No matter how hard I have to work at shit jobs in the meantime I will do it. If I have to downgrade my museli, and never by an iced coffee again I will do it. With your mind in the right place you can accomplish absolutely anything. There is no fence to high, with barbed wire to low to jump/crawl over. I have been living life to safely , and something has to change and grow.

Second off I love Nelson!!! It's the greatest place I think I have ever been to. Yoga is something I'm real passionate about, and if I could do it as a profession I would be forever in my glory. After I left the studio all I could do was daydream about having classes by the beach, and perfecting real good chai to give to my customers afterwards.

The only downfall is that classes are from July-Dec...and my visa finishes in Nov....I have a plan though. My plan is that I will go to immigration get temporary residency or a student visa so that I can finish my course etc etc. I will work my little butt off in the meantime picking/bagging kiwis, or whatever I want to do to follow my dream. Everyone I have talked to so far about this kindof stuff says it's quite easy. I know 100% I'd be able to renew my visa so I doubt there would be any dramas at all. It can even be an advantage that classes start later because then I have time to save cash for my classes, and a ticket to visit home.

I think life is real good, but sometimes I think I really should be improving/learning something that I can put to actual use. Hula hooping is real great and all....but unless I join the circus not really very useful @ the mo. (I am getting my special hoop/dvd that I ordered from the states soon though-I can't wait)

Okay I need to shut up before I puke from excitement.

Other then my master plan....everything else is peachy as well....I booked a flight to hang out in Aukland for the weekend. After I'm gonna see the north and either go back down to Nelson, or stay up on the north to work (if anywhere wins me over more then Nelson). I really obviously love traveling and all, but I am looking forward to just getting a job, making some proper friends, maybe nursing an aloe plant or starting an herb garden. I look forward to having room ates, and my own room/space. It's kinda crazy when I think of it how long I have been in hostels for. I don't know how it hasn't driven me crazy. I guess it doesn't matter though....after a while you just learn to be real tolerant of a lot of things. (I can tell examples upon request of bad room ate experiences).

Anyways yaaa I look forward to that....I think NZ will be different and in ways a million times better then Oz.

mkay

I'm done raving

If you have read up this far that's pretty impressive and you deserve a seal of approval

Bye now
Love:
Chrissy Funzo