Remember that last time when you're looking forward to a 'big day'? When something so exciting and unfamiliar coming up your already lacklustre everyday life seems to slow down ten-fold? Remember that feeling?

That's what I'm getting now, more so than ever.

Today marks the day whereupon, in exactly two-week's time, I'll be setting off for yet another adventure. In fact, at this very moment in a fortnight, I will have settled down on a plane bound for Nadi, Fiji. But then, that's still two weeks away - the anticipation mounting is
building up the suspense, and I don't always appreciate my suspenses.

Oh well.

It's not like I'm going to waste my life away between now and departure. Fencing has taking up a considerable amount of my time in Auckland, and so has sleeping - the cold has put me in a semi-hibernating state no doubt. It's taken me a while to sort out my travel stuff for Fiji and Vanuatu, but that's only because my some payment problems on my part. The guys down in STA Auckland Central have been very helpful.

And yes, gonna put my travelling mindset in gear by going on a couple of day trips around Auckland as though I'm completely new to the place. Perhaps an extra day exploring the volcanic Rangitoto Island and put my handlens to good use...time to examine some A'a (being a geologist...sorry!). More on that later on this week.

In the meantime, allow me to make a last-minute attempt to revise the NZ Road Code as I have an exam due in half-an-hour...fingers crossed!