Another weekend in Welly

Rugby game. I'm sitting next to Chris and Tara.
Enjoying the match with (Stephen taking the picture) Shannon, Jon, Brian, me, Chris, Tara, Morgan, and behind her (who you can't see) is Wally.
Playing around in The Warehouse. Thomas the Tank Engine?
Bowling, this is kind of old, but I figured it was a good picture to add to the blog.
Chris and I posing with this random statue. It's located on a side alleyway off of the main street near Stafford, Lambton Quay. It's right at the entrance of the alley so you can see it when you're walking down Lambton. I get startled every time I pass it because I think it's a real person. Morgan insisted that we face our demons and take a picture with it. To be honest, I don't get as startled anymore.

Update on my weekend:
Thursday saw me heading to class at 4 and then afterwards I went to the pier and did some reading and writing. It was really nice out, a little windy, but sunny and clear but I was in a really strange mood. Chris and Stephen met up with me and we did some homework in the library together. The two of them noticed I felt a little off so we put off doing homework and instead they took me to a Moroccan restaurant, which was delicious. Afterwards we rented "The Big Lebowski" and "Clueless" and watched the first one at Stephens flat. We then played some card games and by the end of it all, I felt much better.
Friday I had one class and later met up with Chris for some lunch. We planned out our upcoming midsemester break together. We were thinking of either Tonga or Samoa instead of Australia, and were planning on going with Stephen and our friend Brian. We ended up hanging out in my flat doing homework. We had dinner with our friend Shannon (she cooked fish and some pasta) and then had a MASSIVE pregame party in Brian's flat before the Hurricanes (Wellington's rugby team) game. A large group of us walked over to the stadium and saw the game.
After the game was done (and the Hurricanes had lost) we all went to Occidental, a bar near Stafford, for some free drinks. After that a couple of us went back to Stafford for a bit, got some kebabs and then called it a night.
Saturday I spent yet again with Chris and Stephen, as well as Brian. The 4 of us had lunch to discuss break plans. Stephen had to back down due to lack of funds, but the rest of us still planned on going. We talked to a travel agency to see what was the best bet for a vacation and decided upon Samoa.
Later on, Chris, Stephen and I unintentionally ended up shopping for clothes together. Since I was in the minority gender group, we ended up in a lot of male clothing stores which I quickly got bored of. We managed to go to a large department store (equivalent to maybe Target and Walmart) where we played with toys and bought board games (for rainy days). You can obviously see our shananagins by the picture of me in the halloween outfit. Then, because it was raining, we played scrabble at Stephens flat.
The night saw us celebrating a friend of ours, Lizzy's, 21st birthday. There were about 15 of us, and we went to a korean karaoke restaurant and had quite a night of entertainment. Everyone was pretty amped after that and went out to the bars, though I called it a night early because I was pretty tired.
Sunday, Chris, Brian and I finalized our plans. We bought all the important intransit tickets, and are going to finalize all the inbetween means of transportation once we get to our destination. Our tentative itinerary is:
Pick up rental car in Wellington on April 10th (good friday). Drive from Wellington to Rotorua and spend the night there. Spend a full day in Rotorua and then drive to Waitomo. Spend the night there and then the next day drive to Raglan/Hamilton, spend the night there. Arrive in Auckland on Monday, the 13th, drop off car rental. Spend the night in Auckland (hopefully I can crash at Henry's). Fly from Auckland to Samoa around 3:45pm on the 14th, arriving in Samoa around 8:30pm on the 13th (haha, we cross the dateline, so we go back in time). Our time in Samoa isn't as structured yet, but we have plans to stay for the night on one of the islands and then ferry over to the other where we'll spend the majority of our time. The weather in Samoa is around the 90 and humid right now, so we're going to be spending a lot of time on the beach and swimming. We hopefully will go kayaking, snorkling, cave diving, and much more. We've managed to book one of the least expensive trips of all our friends, and we're really excited about that. We'd leave Samoa on the 24th of April and arrive in Auckland at 12:40(AM) on the 26th. The last day, Sunday the 26th, we're spending on a bus from Auckland down to Wellington, arriving back in Wellington at 8:00pm.
I'm extremely excited about this trip and could not be travelling with a better group. Brian and Chris are tons of fun to hang out with, so we should have a blast.
After a couple hours of planning that out Stephen came over and we played a game of scrabble and watched "Clueless." I ate left overs for dinner and ended the night playing speed scrabble with Chris and Stephen.
Now I'm attempting to do some homework, but also trying to update folks on what I've been up to. It was another long weekend here in Wellington and I feel over eager for this break (which won't be for another couple of weeks) because I'm so excited about the plans we made. I'll be celebrating my birthday in high style, on the beach in Samoa.