Somerville Farm

Hey everybody,

I’m still at the Somerville farm and I have been here for 11 days now. I am really enjoying my stay here. Nolan showed up a couple of days ago and we have been doing little jobs here around the house. I have grown closer to Jodie and Scott as they are really great hosts. The past four days they have had family here so it has been really busy. As far as work I just try and keep the house clean and make sure that Jodie doesn’t have to clean the kitchen and do the dishes and things like that. She says it’s a really great help. Although it doesn’t seem like much they say that it helps them a great deal.

There has been so much rain here this last week! Record amounts actually. Part of the house actually was flooded at one point and our room was ankle deep in water it was intense.

Five days ago today I got in an ATV accident and I hurt my back pretty bad. I’m not sure exactly what I did but my lower right hand side of my back has been feeling it ever since. Nolan was driving the quad and I was on the back. We road up this little hill and the quad flipped it was pretty scary. Once I leave the farm I’m going to try and see a doctor so I can get it all checked out. Hoping to get an x-ray so I can take proper precautions. (Sorry Mom and Dad I know your not to happy about that one) J

We are planning on making quite a big leap on the North Island. We are going to try and go to Coromandel and work at a veggie garden and live in this little community that we found. It seems interesting and I’m really hoping that they get back to us so we can make our next move up the island. It is crazy to me how fast the time is going here in New Zealand. Just like that…mid way through January. Only a month and a half to go before I leave and go to Australia. Time is really flying and I’m trying to stay in the moment and truly enjoy this unique opportunity.

Thanks for reading 

Jon