The Adventures of Flat Jin and Eunice

If you have no idea who flat Jin and Eunice are you can read all about them here. 

I'm going to tell you guys the story of how flat Jin and Eunice almost drowned in New Zealand.

As some of you may know, I went to New Zealand over my Easter Break.  I probably shouldn't try to do New Zealand justice with words because simply put, I have no such talent in writing.  The lyrics to Starfield's "Filled with Your Glory," however, is probably the closest expression of what I saw and felt in New Zealand. Secretly, this is where they wrote the song. So secret that Tim and Jon Neufeld don't even know. :P

Anyways, so back to flat Jin and Eunice.

I introduced my flat friends to my travel buddies Iana, Sara, and Courtney for the first time on this trip. Initially I was pretty nervous about bringing them out of my bag for fear of ostracism and judgment, but the moment to explain came when flat Jin and Eunice defiantly popped out of my bag while we were unpacking in our first hostel.

"Linda.... what is that?" I heard. And in my mind I was thinking, "Alright. Well, this is it. The moment of truth. I can explain this. I can explain this and still pass as normal!" hahaha. But honestly, I had nothing to worry about in the first place. My new friends and old friends got along swimmingly :)

We stopped by many places in the South Island of New Zealand via the "Kiwi Experience" hop on hop off tour bus. One of the towns we stopped by was called Lake Wanaka. It was a small town with a beautiful blue lake set against the backdrop of many mountains. My friend Iana took an amazing panoramic photo that I'm using right now as a timeline cover. Go check it out :)

Lake Wanaka

As we were taking in the picturesque scenery on the docks, I spied ducks bobbing up and down with the current of the water.  It reminded me of my friend Eunice because she. loves. ducks. So naturally, I took out flat Jin and Eunice and attempted to take a decent photo of it and the ducks in the background

One of many attempts.

As I was passionately engaged in my new project, I felt the popsicle stick handle slowly slip out of my hand as the wind suddenly picked up. It was a very slow motion "noooooooooooooo" or "thissss wouldddd happeennnn tooooo meeee" moment.

Flat Jin and Eunice went overboard and were now also bobbing up and down with the ducks, face up. It was quite a sight to see-- to see your friends' faces just surfing the waves of a famous tourist attraction. If I weren't in so much shock and panic, I would have stopped to take a photo.

But by this point, I was pretty distressed and panicked.

This was my panicked train of thought: "What have I doneeeee? What do I doooo?" "I have to jump in, don't I?" "It's not that deep, it's not that cold" "Wait, but I do have another set at home" "Agggh, but Eunice made these for me." "those freaking ducks!!"

I began to roll up my pants and started mentally preparing myself for a little dip in the cold water until Iana, the voice of reason, pointed out that flat Jin and Eunice would probably wash up on shore again pretty soon. And that they did.

So with no thanks due to drama queen panicky Linda and with a little common sense provided by Iana, flat Jin and Eunice were rescued :)

ta-da!

So this is the story of how Jin and Eunice, you guys swam with the ducks in Lake Wanaka in spirit. All thanks and credit should be addressed to my clumsiness.

I am counting down the days until I get to see real Jin and Eunice. They are definitely harder to throw into a lake. That's what I like about them <3