I'M HERE!!!!

Whoa! I'm here i can't believe it! So far it's beautiful and I'm having fun. But let's backtrack a bit to the start of it all.
My day started off fine enough my flight from detroit was on time and went smoothly, no one sat next to me so i had a bit of room to spread out...it was really nice for a 45 minute flight. However, the happy tune changed shortly after stepping off my flight in chicago...I looked to the big board only to find my next flight was already delayed an hour, well by the time it actually took off it was more like an hour and a half. Then once i got on I was in the aisle sitting next to the two asian people. The man sitting beside me didn't put the arm rest down between us making it very awkward the whole time, of which 90% of the time the little man slept anyways. Not only was that uncomfortable but the guy in front of my kept adjusting his seat directly into my knees, needless to say i was unhappy. It was 4 hours of misery. Then, when i got to LA i had to find another terminal which was supposed to just be across the parking lot according to this very pleasant lady at the help desk, but in reality it was across a busy street and then down the road a ways. But no frets I found it and made it to my flight with no problems. And this flight was great! All sorts of movies to choose from and tv shows, a monitor to myself put directly in the back of the seat in front of me (which by the way was occupied by a very odorous smelly obese man). The lady who sat next to me was very motherly and extremely pleasant to talk to. She was very supportive of me and extremely helpful. Oh, and the guy from take home chef was totally on my flight, he flew coach too! It was amazing and funny, i don't think anyone but me and the lady next to me knew him though cause no one was bothering him.
My flight from LA to Auckland wasn't bad at all, it seemed short and was pretty comfortable and very well serviced. I slept for a few hours with the aid of a benadryl. However, not everything was so great, i proceeded to baggage claim...NO BAGS! shit! Luckily, i wasn't the only one, in fact everyone who flew with me from Chicago didn't have theres as well. Of course that only makes me feel better and didn't really help my situation. I filed my report and moved on, i went through customs no problem and managed to find my Orientation leaders, who directed me to a bus that took me to where i am now in Rotorua. The drive was very pleasant although a bit cramped. The country is absolutely beautiful! So far there has always been mountains or beautiful hill sides to see either in the distance or right in my face, and as thought, plenty of sheep. However we did go through dairy country so there was plenty of cows to see as well. Everyone in my group seems nice enough but it's all so awkward, i kinda wish i had done this with a friend, but i'm enjoying my alone time as well. Maybe i should just go get a beer so i can relax and then it won't be awkward at all, or at least i won't notice haha. I'm staying in this teeny tiny little hostel room with a guy from de paw university, not de paul, de paw. And they have tracked down my luggage, it should be back to me tomorrow sometime, so thats a relief, good thing i packed my carry-on for just such a disaster so i'll be fine til then. Ok well i got to run, i'm sorry this was probably all over the place and could use some heavy editing, but alas, i'm running out of time and it will have to wait til another day. Hopefully i got my main points across...chicago sucks, baggage lost, New Zealand beautiful, overall happy, that's about it. I'll keep you posted as often as i can get internet over the next couple days, but it's not cheap so we'll see.