The first day was nice and warm, and though I hid in the shade all day to avoid this hot sun, I still managed to get a bit sun burnt on my chest. New Zealand has some of the strongest levels of UV radiation in the world...so you get burnt QUICK. I tried laying down on a couch while in the shade...switching sides every once in a while to help clear my nose. Didn't work very well...I still felt "rubbish" as they say here and tried my best not to cough all over everyone...gross.
The first day was a long one. It was fun...but I'm going to have to say being at polo from 11am to 8pm while sick was a lonnnnnggggg day. The next day, Saturday, was a bit better for me sickness wise but the weather wasn't that great. Andrew and I decided to stay in that morning so that I could get some sleep and get some work done and talk to my parents at noon our time. That was the first time I was able to talk to my dad since I've been here! Felt good to hear my parents voices.
After the morning we got to polo late, and watched two games. Andrew actually commentated for two games, and I jumped in and kept time and score for one. The weather took a turn for the worse as the day went on and by the time the games ended, I was ready to get on out of there. We headed back with everyone to get ready for their barbecue that was going on that night. They roasted a big lamb (sad face) but I sucked it up and ate it...and it wasn't bad haha. The point of the night was to hang out around the bonfire and drink in to the wee hours, but it was just not that kind of night for us. As I mentioned, it started to get cold and got even more cold later as the 'southerly' had come through (like a cold front) and it was absolutely freezing out! Andrew and I were way too cold..and the polo crowd that Andrew remembered from the old days had been replaced with a whole bunch of young college age kids. It was...strange. We just felt a bit too old for it. So the night ended early and we headed home to get ready for the next and final day of polo.
Today was a good one. It was a gorgeous day and I loved taking in the sun rays! Even if I was lathered in sunscreen (haha). Andrew's stepmother, Amanda, brought along her grandchildren...Ashton, Tamara, and Miller. They are so cute. In the picture, you see Andrew with the kids, trying to sell drinks up and down the field. Andrew's pulling a grumpy face because he didn't want to go do it haha. But I'm sure the cute kids made it a bit more fun ;)
Today Andrew did more commentating and I took the time and scoring down again. He does such a good job :) Today he was throwing in some cheeky phrases and accidentally dropped the F bomb at one point (by accident)..I laughhheeeddd! I don't think anyone noticed. It was just thrown in there...quite randomly actually...and sounded more like a fumble of speech rather than a curse word haha. He felt pretty embarrassed. At the end of the day, Ashley's team, The Canterbury Concrete Cutters, won the tournament. Yayyy! She did a fantastic job :) And won feed for her horse haha.
After it ended we packed everything up and went home for showers and I opened up my computer...doing a bit of work and trying to get this stinking blog caught up (as you may have noted I faked some of the dates to make it all flow haha). Andrew went out and helped put the horses up and then had to help his dad bale up the hay. He came home a MESSSSS...heehee.
This next week should be pretty relaxed. No plans for tomorrow yet. We want to go see the Hobbit sometime but Ashley said she has tickets for us that only work in Christchurch...so not sure what to do with that since an hours a long way to drive just for a movie...
This Wednesday we leave for 3 nights in Queenstown. Verrryyyy excited about that! I'll post about it as soon as I can :) Until next time... ;)
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