twiddle thumbs got me sick! this sucks... i feel so much worse today. i'm definitely sick. fever. sore throat. i hate being sick.

my mom was adamant that i do not fly tomorrow. we called to see if it was possible to change our flight to a later date. my mom wanted me to wait 1 week. in 1 week however, it becomes winter vacation and those rates are too expensive. we were able to change our tickets for departure on friday for $50 each.

i think that this works out best. leaving on friday means that we will arrive in new zealand on sunday. our original flight had us leaving on wednesday and arriving on friday. the orientation we will attend in auckland is held on mondays, wednesdays, and fridays. we arrive at 6am and the orientation is at 10:30am. i really didn't want to arrive on friday at 6am and be rushed to attend an orientation when i might be too tired to pay attention. then again, i didn't want to wait all weekend for the orientation either. this way we get to arrive on sunday, spend a day relaxing and adjusting to the time difference, and have 1 night's rest so that we arrive at the orientation refreshed and awake.

but most important of all, leaving on friday means that i won't miss seeing the panic channel perform their 3rd show on thursday! the panic channel rocks! this time i will record it without fuck-ups!