Bill Muneio

It’s been a week now since I got back from New Zealand and it’s good to be home with family and friends. But I have to be honest I really miss New Zealand, life there seems just a little simpler,(ok a lot simpler) granted I was on vacation so everything was simpler but still when you consider that the entire country of New zealand has only a slightly higher population then the city of Los Angeles and that their unemployment rate is almost half of California’s it’s easy to see why life might be a little simpler. Traffic over there is when you see 3 other cars and or sheep on the road. And the people really don’t seem to care about their material possessions like we do here. Read that as there’s not a lot of people (actually I didn’t see anybody) driving fancy cars and ridiculously over sized SUV’s while talking on their cell phones, drinking their Iced Single Vente, 7 pump Peppermint, Caramel Sauce Top and Bottom, Light Ice, No whip, Mocha beverage and making an appointment for their dog’s aromatherapy massage. None the less I’m not moving quite yet, I still have $10 left on my Starbucks card. But I do miss the New Zealand life. When I got off work today I went for a short ride in the mountains behind Santa Barbara and was reminded of one of the benefits of living here, the weather! So I guess if anyone want’s to get me another Starbucks gift card for Christmas I’ll be around here for awhile to enjoy it. Although I did see a Starbucks in Christchurch hmm.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE