The end is in sight...

So tomorrow is my last day at work and I must admit, I'm a little bit sad that its all coming to an end, more so because it means we're leaving our hostel than finishing with work! This past week has probably been my best work wise, I'm a lot faster than I've ever been (I think that 3 day week I had last week did me wonders!), keeping up with most of the faster wrappers and I'm making pretty good money, probably averaging around NZ$150 a day this week, a far cry from my first week when I made just over $200! I did wonder whether I could make it to $200 a day if I continued, but I think my hands might give way before I got there, as it stands, I currently have no feeling in the tips of my fingers of my right hand... its probably a good thing we're not going to be working anymore and I'm certainly looking forward to not having to be around Mr. Supervisor everyday!

His most recent antics involved making me redo a row because I supposedly hadn't twisted the ties enough times, which came as a bit of a surprise to me since 1) he's never checked tie twist numbers before nor stressed the importance of twisting each tie 4 times and 2) the other supervisors had checked my work (inc tie twists) in the past and never had a problem with it, as well as cutting our working day short yesterday because he had a dentist appointment. Fair enough if it was work related, but going to the dentist it quite a personal issue and since we get paid per plant and not per hour, leaving early means less money can be made, suffice to say, we were not happy, especially since I could have made my $150 target if I'd had that extra hour. Anyhow... *breathe* One day left...

Tomorrow night the hostel will be having a mexican themed night as a joint leaving do for myself and Stacy and as a birthday dinner for one of the other guys in the hostel. The plan is lots of food and a drink.. or many! Then its time for myself and Stace to say our goodbyes and head to Christchurch to meet up with Holly (our friend who we used to work with back home, who'll hopefully have lots of chocolate goodies from England for us!) and buy ourselves a campervan. I think it might be too much to hope for that we'll be able to get a uber flash mobile home cheaply, but we're hoping to find something decent for a fair price. Fingers crossed!