or something.

I’ve actually been back in Calgary since Friday the 21st, but I haven’t been able to reach everyone to let them know, so I’m going to do it the lazy way.

I woke up on the 21st in Queenstown and discovered that even though I was half the world away… when my family gets sick so do I.

I had a massive head / chest / full body cold that was making having a coherent thought nearly impossible, and I had to finish packing to go to Fiji. Go to Fiji? To temperatures (when I checked the previous week) of +30 and above with a fever? umm… no. I lay in bed for about 20 minutes to try and convince myself that going to Fiji was the best idea, even though walking to the other side of the room would have been a chore at that point.

I thought about it while I showered, packed and got my car ready to return and I came to the conclusion that if it was cheaper to change my ticket than go to Fiji, I’d head home. It was, and so I began a delirious 24 hour journey to the comfort of home. I can’t say that at some point I didn’t waver and wish I was still on that flight to Nadi, but the cold and a weather forecast of thundershowers the entire time I was supposed to be in Fiji kept me convinced that coming home was the right decision. Laying down on my bed when I finally got here confirmed it.

After averaging around 15 hours of sleep the first two days I was home, I’m almost back to normal again. I’ve got somewhere in the area of 1500 pictures to filter through (lots of doubles, triples, wasted shots), and once I do you’ll see them up on here or on flickr. I plan on filling in the substantial gaps in my narrative, but I’ll likely just add more to the existing posts rather than try and write what I would have if I was connected every night.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got a brew to hop in and a hockey game to attend.