E. is a patient man and I am lucky that he so chill that nothing seems to perturb him, while I have the tendency to get worked up over the slightest things. If he was as highly strung *coughanallyretentive as I am, we would probably go down in a spectacular ball of flames - but probably after we achieved something great together because our productivity would be through the roof. But fortunately, he just seems to ooze calmness.
I spent the majority of this weekend away eating until I felt physically ill and being irritated that I couldn't achieve the things that I wanted to - namely, see places in Auckland that I had heard about. Given that we were only up for two days - and we had an engagement party to go to (which was the reason why we were visiting), I thought that it would be okay to leave things unplanned and do things ad lib. Wrong. Turns out I get distressed fairly easily when I am unable to foresee everything because I am anal. If I had a super power, it would be meticulous planning. To-do-lists are my best friend and I plan everything - from the meals that I eat to what I am going to do, down to the minute. While that makes me efficient at using my time, it also means that uncertainty makes me incredibly irritated. This combined with hunger (well, cravings for all the food around me) and a lack of sleep made me the worst travel companion of all time. But fortunately for me, E. seems to find this all very amusing.
This weekend wasn't horrible though - as much as I make it out to be. It was still a lovely weekend with E. and his parents - I just feel slightly guilty in the aftermath that I did not make it as pleasant as it could have been. Things to check out for next time:
- Clooney
- Moustache cookie bar
- Food court (on Queen St on the street behind the department store)
- Auckland museum
- meatballs at Baduzzi (their Restaurant month deal was slightly disappointing, tbh)
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