Ok so yes, it’s already mid-Feb. Welcome to my world where things move so fast and the days are so packed full of things to do that we don’t even have time to watch TV…which is why we don’t have one. How do all you people with TV’s find time to watch them??? Honestly our neighbor (who has a giant wall-sized tv screen in his living room which lights up our bedroom with its glow..seriously it’s so large that if we could read lips we’d be able to sit on our bed and watch in silence and still understand what the hell is going on) has his TV on ALL DAY. Morning to night. 7 days a week. Including holidays.
That man must have nothing to do. Maybe I should hire him as my P.A.?
Now I totally forgot what I was going to say and my French teacher is going to be here in 30 minutes so the pressure is on. I think I just wanted to say hi. I hope you’ve all had a great start to the new year. It’s really hot here and most of you are up to your knees in snow right now…which is fun but really really cold and that makes me even happier that I am here in humid hot and sticky Auckland right now. Except for the fact that I’d really like the sweating to stop before I become so dehydrated I resemble a raisin or worse.
Oh yes…In January we were very sad to see Daniel and Jennifer leave us to head back to their lives in France. We had a few days to adjust to the sense of emptiness before Mike, Clem and Gaspard arrived to stay with us for four days. We spent the four days drinking, partying, eating, working, drinking, partying, and running after Gaspard. I really felt bad for Mike and Clem when they left and had to jump on a plane with two things that don’t go well together…hangovers and an 18 month old child.
Eric, Julia and Noah came over from France and spent some time with the friends and we were really thrilled to see them. They spent the weekend in Coromandel with us and unfortunately it rained the whole fricking weekend which was incredibly bad timing, Mother Nature. We did manage to get one hike in before the rain poured down so hard we had to turn back. Diane, Tristram and their boys came over for the weekend too and we ended up having a great time despite the rain.
We’ve had so much going on that we really haven’t done much in the way of renovations but now that February is here (and half gone already!) we’re getting geared up to get back into it again. Stay tuned for more fab photos.
