New Zealand Blog

Hey guys,
I'm sorry it's been a while. I had a lot to do before I left, and then the 23rd snuck up on me. Anywho... I won't be posting to this blog while I'm in New Zealand, so if you want to know what's new, visit:
thenewzme.blogspot.com


See you over there!

McIntosh

Last time I went to the store, I went to the local grocery store, and they had a lot more variety than the chain stores do.

Anyway, I bought some McIntosh apples, because one of the last times I went to Kale's to visit, he told me to bring some McIntosh apples because they make the best pies.

So when I went to the store a week ago-ish, I saw some McIntosh apples, and so I bought a few.

I was really excited, because I used to eat this flavor of apple all the time. Today however, I really didn't like it, at all. It was softish and had a mealy texture. I liked the flavor, it reminded me of a simpler time.

It reminded me of when I was in Bondand, living across the highway from my grandparents. My grandpa had a small apple orchard, and every fall we would go and climb ladders and pick apples for several weekends in the fall. The taste brought so many memories back to my mind. Back to a simpler, happier time. Walking across the slimy, rotten apples that weren't yet picked, throwing the apples with worms in them at my brothers.

Oh, how I wish my life was simple and easy again. Sometimes I get sad, really say in fact, because of how much I missed out on.... I know a lot of it is my own doing, but of late, I've been feeling a lot of regret.

I think a lot of it has to do with the whole "growing up" thing, and the "graduating" thing, and the "being an adult" thing... Well you get the point.

Anyway, I just realized today, how much I miss home, and how much I miss the simpler times.