My Amazing and Terrible First Day

So... I'm in Auckland now. I can definitely say that 13 hour flights are not as bad as one might think, but that may be because of the extensive music and movie choice of our flight (83 movies and 212 albums!). So after we first arrived we had to go through customs. Since I had hiking boots, I had to have them inspected in the biological inspection area. Once I passes, we got our bags x-rayed. Then I, of course, was selected for a "random" search (in case you were wondering, it's always me) of my bag. That tends to freak me out since I'm kind of on my own for traveling. But I got through. So when we were trying to figure out what bus to take to get to our hostel, my backpack zipper broke (just the carry-on one). It broke enough so that it was completely open. So after taking the bus (awesome ride, amazing views) we had to walk to our hostel, which I thought was a couple of blocks away. We start walking, and I suddenly heard the sound of cloth dragging. Bretton's rolly suitcase wheel was broken. That sucked, but we somehow got it working enough to pull. So it's hot and I barely got any sleep on the plane We had one heck of a walk ahead of us. And it was uphill most of the way. By the time we finally reached blasted Parnell, I had sweat dripping off of me. So we dropped off our bags, changed, ate, check in, and then went out for a walk to do a couple of errands. I used up a large chunk of my money by buying 55 hours on a bus for *gasp* $559 NZ! Yeah, it kills me too. Then I had to buy a replacement backpack so we went to this army surplus store with actual army backpacks. I bought a cheap powerade backpack. We also went to an info centre and called home during this time. So this story is in super speed. We had been walking for a while, so we decided it was time to go back to the hostel, but first buying groceries. When you've never really done that for yourself, it's kind of weird. What do I need/want? How much do I need. I bought a lot of on sale things, but I still think that it will take me a while to finish a 1kg tub of yogurt. I think I will temporarily have to stop eating meat though, it's already so expensive, how can I afford it? I was jealously eyeing up this guy's steak tonight while I ate my pasta with tomato sauce and carrots. Oh well, the price we pay for freedom. On the way back from the grocery store, we got lost. Carrying heavy groceries, that was not fun, especially when the walk is all uphill (no lie). Anyways, I'm hoping to get a lot of sleep tonight and somehow stop spending any money. Did I mention that I have a flaming sunburn all over my face and arms? But Auckland is amazing, and we're going swimming tomorrow! All my expectations for this trip have been ruined, but in all the right ways. Talk to you soon, we're listening to the Beach Boys right now.