a new entry.
oh yes - that's right. i am once more writing on here.
the problem is that of inspiration. once i had inspiration. now i do not. at least not as much.
heh heh heh.
i think living overseas with cobbled streets and fluffy snow and freak lightning storms that stopped the big clocktower from working just like off back to the future and having an owl in my backyard and all of these other things made it easy to write on here.
now its not so easy.
and i read back over some of the past entries and have to laugh at the things i saw, the places i visited, and the life i had the chance to experience. and also have to laugh because i later discoverd my owl was not an owl at all but some weird oversized type greyish whiteish pigeon that cooed like an owl in the daytime.
fun times. funny times.
but despite this small pause in my musings online, never fear - because by the end of this month i will be back in the land of wild bears and moose and shall look forward to detailing their activites.

home is nice because home of course is home. but i'm excited to travel again. and of course i'm excited to be returning to a country that welcomed me with doughnuts and bagels and milk in plastic bags. a country that well supplied my love for the outdoors and wilderness with camping trips, moose and bear excursions, hiking and canoeing. and a country that has some very fine hosts, including my boyfriend eric!

i will no longer be going back to auckland university in second semester to do a one year post graduate diploma in environmental management. only because i discovered i am all ready to jump into that phd! quite incredible really because a phd sounds so big and scary and long and quite grown up for me. still, it seems i have all the requirements covered and once i have my topic good and ready to go (mentioned in an earlier entry about rainwater harvesting in the near east) - then i'm set! so at the moment i am browsing universities and browsing articles to understand exactly the path i wish to take.
as to where and when. who knows! no need to rush these things as it would be a big commitment of three or so years... and at the moment i am very happy taking my time and thinking everything through.