Highly Strung

Looking out the window I see the trees are still, its one of those rare days with no wind at all.  It looks like the world has stopped, I can’t help but wish it would – just for a couple of weeks while I sort my shit out.  If I’m not careful Christmas will be here before I know it and I’ll still be squatting at my ex’s and trying not to spend money….

In other news a flat I totally wanted fell through because the landlady got scared of my present lack of employment…

I’ve always had a thing against ugg boots being worn in public, mainly because in my native country thay have always (and by that I mean for the last 20 years) been known as slippers.  Thing is though they are soooo warm I wish I could wear them in public.  Enter these, found via Fabsugar.  I sooo want !

Well I’ve found a flat, however due to my current job status, ie lack thereof, the landlady is doing a full credit check which will take a week. All being well though I should be in by mid Nov.

It’s small, it’s in zone three, but it’s 3 minutes walk from the tube, has an immaculate bathroom and best of all; a 35 foot balcony. Of course it won’t really come into it’s own till summer, but until then, it’s still a wee sanctuary where I’ll finally be able to unpack.

And now to the job hunt. Full steam ahead.

Right so, I’m off again tomorrow. The good news is that my seat allocation on the first flight is upstairs on a 747.  This is excellent news in that it means that there are a lot less people competing for the loos up there – just us prem econo and business class…woohoo..  The first leg is on Air NZ which I expecting great things from, it will be interesting to compare with the second leg on Virgin.

Lots of work to be doen on my return – namely finding a flat and thereafter a job.  Wish me luck.

This sums her up!

Me – in foreground:

Death to all mosquitos!  Seriously what are they for anyway?  There are no mosquitos here in Central otago, NZ, um except the one that bit me yesterday.  The bites I got in Australia have just faded.  Unfortunately I’ve been bitten near the same place on my ankle – below is the cankle-like result:

Clue – its the one on the right…

So I sat the baby yesterday.  She did two poos in one hour, which meant my first experience of nappy changing.  I was pretty proud of my second attempt, well at least until my sister went to change her when she got home.  She giggled as she removed the nappy, why?  because it was on backwards…  Nappy application = fail.

I had a horrible dream this morning in the hour between the kids waking me up and me actually getting up at 7.30am.  I dreamt i found a nice flat to live in but had decided to share with two ex colleagues.  I had a huge room with a shower room attached.  Unfortunately one of the guys (my ex team leader) had decied to use my room as an office during the day.  Not just for him but for 5 or so IT people.  It was horrible trying to shower in the shower room in view of the whole ‘office’.

Thanks SensatioNail of Porirua