Home sweet home (and stuff)!

Dear blog,

I write to you sitting outside the “Satay Kingdom” – a cheap asian eatery in the Cuba St (West endy) side of town. Im off to photography club tonight and Ian is working on a presentation for tomorrow.

Im trying to psyche myself up for the mad end of the week when Ian will be visiting friends in Melbourne (4hrs away) and I will be starting a new job on Thursday and moving house/ receiving shipment on Saturday. All of which have felt a long time coming and although Saturday will probably be slightly traumatic with so much to do (hopefully I will have some helpers with a car to move our stuff) it will be fabulous fun to open all the boxes we packed mid-Dec. Ians most missed item is the ipod and for me Im really looking forward to the big comfy purple sofa, and the nice plates (gone will be the day i.e. Sunday when I did a dinner party with two tinny pots), oh and the games, nice bed linen and the blue pictures….

We are moving to an area called Northland which has a little row of shops including a bike shop and 3 Pizzerias – so it’s a good job we can still walk to the city centre.
As for the job – not sure about it especially as I was at the monthly team meeting on Friday where the guy who during the interview said he always leaves at 5.30pm each day was working to 2am the night before mmmm….

Ian has been playing for the Karori Swifts football team – scored the only goal on his first game too! However, the average age of the team is 40yrs and the team they were playing against consisted of University professors.

Voluntary work reviewing the YWCA charity shop is going well – have developed surveys and a work plan for the next month and are trying to get marketing students from the uni to do the leg work. I am also helping set up for a funeral tomorrow – its for an older man that a lot of people knew in the church so as a newbie its good I can help out.

Cultural whinge of the week:
You pay for EVERYTHING here! – they charge for taking new released books out of the library, for credit cards (if you can find a bank that will give a non-resident one), to get internet banking, for basic health checks…..on the other hand the Seafood Laksa dinner was less than ₤3 and yummy!


PS Ian says he has nothing else to add as hes being boring these days (but he will be living it up at the weekend!)