Ah.... 3 days of work left! The "good" boss has taken me out for dinner twice in the past week, he also went rock climbing with me over the weekend. The "bad" boss has so far given me a wrong address for a tree to prune (and blamed ME for not being able to find the tree!), blamed me for one of the chippers breaking down (though I hadn't used it in the prior week) and has reminded me 3 times in the past week that "he doesn't want to see me slacking off on my last few days!" Ah well.... like I said, 3 more days until freedom!
On an up note, it seems that NZ employment law entites me to receive all my acrewed holiday pay. This means that on top of all the money I've saved up for the trip home (which, for those of you who REALLY know me, isn't all that much!), I will be receiving a bit more than an extra 2 weeks pay as well!!! On top of that little "pick me up," I've decided to head out to "my" crag for the week before I head home (to do a bit of "last minute" touch ups and put up a few new routes) and apon mentioning my plan to the crew... a good handful of them decided to wag work for the week as well! It should be a fun week of climbing, drinking around the campfire and living the general dirtbag lifestyle. Life is good!
I'll see most of you soon. I can't wait to hug you all in person!