Hi all!

So, we have been plagued by guilt for not having updated more (really, we really have.  Christina, we have talked so many times about how we need to email you.  really.  we need to. - and we have a great postcard that we are waiting for the right time to write.  yikes.  and my parents because you always send me such nice emails and the same for dana's parents.  and we talk about how if we were to go see kanye west it would be fun to send widji people a postcard from the show and how funny our bosses at work are and tyler because you always send so many silly facebook things that make me smile and.  really.  my point is, i guess, that we talk and think about you all tons and we're sorry for not being too good about updating. BUT, happy distraction so you wont be too mad at us... I am uploading pictures from the trip so far at this very moment!  so, you will no longer be in the dark.  And, more than just long boring paragraphs that you are mostly interested in but sometimes get bored with during the middle of long sentences and too verbose descriptions and too descriptive details about things you dont really care about so long as we're okay.  Well, more than that, you are about to become so illuminated - so completely aware of - everything we have seen and done thus far.  Or, at least, you will get to see a bunch of pretty cool pictures of it.  So, that's exciting.)

Anyway.  We left off at Christchurch, where we still are.  And, yes, we did begin selling bras.  In fact, we have fancy name tag-style pins labelled "bra-fitter", which we think is kind of funny.  But, more importantly.  We are staying in Christchurch for a total of three weeks - until the 27th - working just about everyday.  Last week was our first week of work - and it was a LOT of work.  On Tuesday we got to the parking lot at 8 AM and spent the day unloading trailers full of bras and underwear and towels and bathmats and cushions and sheets and valances and duvet covers (etc) until 6 that night.  We did this for the rest of the week, until the expo opened on Saturday (one of my favorite memories was when we were unloading a gigantic trashbag full of underwear that split open all over the floor and one of the other workers, a bit uptight backpacker, scrambled around picking it all up.  It was, certainly, something I never thought I would see in my life, and it was quite funny).

Anyway.  We spent the weekend working 9-6 at the cash registers.  Some of it was fun and rewarding, but most of it was a bit tiring and monotonous.  Our bosses are quite nice though, and we get free coffee every morning, and during the week (this week) it is only 10-6.  And... we get tomorrow off.  (We think we are going to make pancakes in the morning and then spend the day at the beach, maybe doing a bit of a short walk.  It will either be that or going to go to the "cookie time" factory if the weather isn't nice enough for the beach).  We work again this weekend and then through next week and weekend, and then are planning to do quite a  bit of traveling and tramping and adventuring around the rest of the south island.  We are hoping to be in Dunedin for Halloween and  Wanaka for Thanksgiving, but, really, who knows.

Anyway.  Though life has been a bit dull (ha! as if our lives could be dull at all) here, we did go see Blackalicious last Saturday, which was a fantastic show.  And, we are in the process of watching the Saw trilogy, which gave me nightmares but which we also highly recommend.  And, I got bangs.  Real ones.  

We have also made quite a few nice new friends, including a pair of german blonde girls who are also working selling bras and remind us a bit of ourselves that we hope to do some tramping and traveling with after we finish our stay in Christchurch.

And what else?  Tonight was a night full of Indian food, a silly movie, and soy ice cream - after a day full of cash registers and refolding pillow cases.