Not Technology Savvy

I've been trying for my benefit to post a countdown on here for my trip to New Zealand. Now I don't have a plane ticket booked or anything like that so I entered January 15th as my arbitrary date of departure. Likely this wont actually be the day I leave, especially since its a Saturday and I can probably get a slightly cheaper flight if I fly out on a weekday. This is where my lack of savvy about technology comes in. I can't get the damn thing to hold a date! At first I thought it was just because it couldn't countdown to something that far in the future, but I can't get it to hold a date for even a month in the future. If anyone reads this, please tell me, how do I do that?

I bought my first travel book today with some of the Christmas giftcards I received. It is Fodor's Exploring New Zealand. I actually reached for Frommers, but I rely on them heavily for Europe and when I last travelled I felt a bit like the guy from Euro Trip who could actually give the tours because he had read the book so many times.

Excited as I am, I'm going to contain my excitement to blogging and journals and non-family types. My family is just as excited as I am, which leads them to do what families to best... give unwanted advice. Whether it's from my brother who has barely left the country, to my parents whom I love but who might be trying to live vicariously through me, it is well meant and a bit overwhelming.

I read today that New Zealand is where Bungy Jumping was invented (spelling it with a y is the way it is done by the natives!). I do not like heights. I live quietly and generally avoid anything considered outrageous (like jumping off cliffs attached to a giant bungee cord). However, I was considering that while I am down there, I might try and jump. It may be one of the few times in my life I am far enough away from my family to try something like this without the freaking out and talking me out of it, which by the time I've seen one of those platforms might be ridiculously easy.