Yay for Friday...

I'm a little tired. The family visit was great, but when everyone left it was also a little emotionally tiring. I'm really glad its the weekend and time for some R & R. I heard from mom today and they made it home safely, despite turbulence and dad's bag missing the connection. My brothers and sis in law are due to leave Fiji on Sunday.

I'm now starting to sort of look for a flatmate, now that my guest room is empty. I really have been enjoying living alone, however. It's a bit of a tradeoff between money being nice, and personal space being nice. If I find someone who fits well, I think I'll go with the flatmate option. Otherwise, I'll continue to live on my own. :)

It's starting to feel like the days are getting exponentially shorter, and the leaves are turning pretty colours, which means "autumn" as they call it here, is arriving. There was a beautiful sunrise at 7:30 this a but I can't wait for the clocks to go back in a couple weeks.

Hmm. I'm at a loss for anything else to say. It must be nearly bed time. I'm looking forward to no work tomorrow. :) Camping is on the agenda- before the weather gets too cold!

A few photos...

Whale watching in Kaikoura, lovely Torrent Bay in the Abel Tasman, and me and my family at Kaiteri beach

Silence is golden...

I can say that's the reason for my silence, but really for once I've not been just being silent. Last Monday am I picked up mom, dad, my 2 brothers and my sister in law at the airport. It's been a busy-ish week with travels to the Marlborough Sounds, Kaikoura, and Abel Tasman in under a week. The siblings leave tomorrow, and mom and dad a bit later in the week. It's surreal almost to believe they are here, and time has passed a little too quickly. I'll post a few photos from our visit soon.

In the news...

If you live where I live, you'd see that my employer has been in the news having announced a planned restructuring with ~180 job losses here in Nelson.

Read about it here:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10559581

So what will happen to me when my maternity leave cover contract ends? There are likely to be lots of people job hunting in Nelson. Only time will tell. We'll cross that bridge when we get to it.