good morning and happy new years day! 

last night was ridic as promised.  the streets were packed, people everywhere, stages playing music, beers abound.  kaleb and i found ourselves in the company of a british couple that we met in milford sound.   they were totally shitfaced when we met up and from there the night took a turn for the drunker.  jaager, vodka, and some blueberry soda rounded out the night i believe.  K and i decided early on in the day not to lose our shit that night and we definitely succeeded in maintaining a nice buzz until bedtime. 

at midnight we made our way to the beach and pulled up some sand to watch the fireworks directly overhead; sound magnified by the water and surrounding canyon.  you could feel the pounding in your chest every time one went off.  it was perfect.  beautiful.

then it was bedtime.  surrounded by drunks.  many, many drunks.  screaming in many languages, but mostly english.  and good lord they only had 7 toilets for 300-500 people for 2 days.  they also ran out of toilet paper about 2 days ago.  i am now a master at 'holding it'.  trust and believe.

im exhausted and just discovered that i goosed myself by drinking a ton of coffee on an empty stomach which always is a recipe for disaster.  totally made my slight hangover worse rather than better.  balls.  i suppose this means its time for an actual breakfast.