Micro blogging

Well, I was going to write a proper blog this evening as it was my first evening free in a while, but my laptop decided to do a bumper update of probably unnecessary windows updates for the last hour and it's only on 47% so I doubt I'll  get to do a proper one. 

However, Dan wrote a post inspired by my last mini post which in return inspired me again - inspireception if you will  - why don't i just do little mini micro blogs every so often rather than huge daunting bumper updates? I have 3 months to catch up on - let's be honest that's never going to happen, so instead I'll recap some of the more exciting events that occurred during that time, and then perhaps continue with little, more regular updates (probably without photos- I was so anal about posts needing perfectly edited pictures but actually it takes up so much time and instead if you want pics you can look at my Instagram instead). 

I'm typing this out on the blogger app on my phone which is a bit of a pain as my fingers are fat and my autocorrect is shit so I apologise in advance for anything not making sense. Also I doubt this will be a microblog as I have so much to catch up on...

Things that happened:

1) my family pulled off the biggest surprise ever and turned up unannounced in Auckland.  Well - unannounced to me. Turns out everyone else knew about it! Isaac decided to come out here for 4 months due do a bad breakup at home and it happened to be around his birthday. Mum booked for me and him to do the skytower walk and she was being super coy on the details which I found weird but she was in the middle of moving house so I figured she was just being a little forgetful.  She told me to take Isaac to the skytower at midday on a certain date.  When i got there, the skytower people had no record of her booking so I figured she has gone a bit mad in her old age.  I turn around and walk out the door to see her standing in front of me crying. I did a literal "wtf" before bursting into tears myself. Tim and my step brother were also there and I was gobsmacked.  Turns out they'd been planning it for months and originally was meant to be in August for my birthday but they sold the house then so they delayed it till September. We had a fun 2 weeks - it's so weird not seeing someone for nearly 2 years but then you slot right back in and it's like you never left.  It was however a very accident prone 2 weeks - mum fell over into a rock pool on day 1 and smacked her head and got a black eye, on day 5 Tim faceplanted on a volcano and smashed his head in and spent 24 hours in hospital and had to wear a neck brace the rest of the trip, and Joe (step bro) had to delay his kiwi experience trip as the day he was meant to leave he had to have emergency dentistry.  Madness.  Apart from that we has a lovely time and I was sad to see them go. Thank you Mum and Tim for the best surprise ever - it made me feel so loved and brought my spirits up again :) love you both to pieces.

2) my brother came out here.  This has been amazing. I've never really hung out with him as a friend before, so this has been really interesting having him as a friend as well as a brother and it's been really nice.  For the first 2 weeks he camped on my deck in my old house, then I moved to a bigger house and he slept in the 2nd lounge.  When my parents came over he moved out to stay in their apartment and I felt a bit lost that he wasn't with me anymore! It's been amazing to see how much he has changed since I last saw him- so much more confident and grown up and he was a bit shy before but he settled in with my friends really well. I'm looking forward to having him back in December for a bit before we head home together.

3) I moved house.  I cat sat for 6 weeks and when I moved back into my flat things didn't feel the same.  The opportunity arose to move in with some friends in a huge 6 bedroom, 2 lounge, 2 bathroom place and create a new flat, so i took it.  The new house is massive - it has a double garage with attic, even a laundry room! My new bedroom is huge compared to my old shoebox and it's so nice having the space. My flatmates are also really lovely which is a bonus!

So they're the 3 big things that have happened.  Sorry for not updating sooner. I'm so busy at the moment and I barely have any time to myself.  I feel pretty stretched and stressed sometimes and it's not too enjoyable.  I'm training for a swimming race which happens on 18th Nov which I am very nervous about - a 3k sea swim across Auckland harbour.  I've done 2 training swims in the sea and panicked each time because it's been cold/wavey/murky and I probably swan a total of 50 metres! Hopefully adrenaline will kick in for the race and I'll just do it...i can do 3k in the pool comfortably.  Work has also been very busy and taking over my life. I really don't like it either and don't want to be there. But I'm stuck because my visa links me to it. Meh. And I've started seeing someone who I really like and he takes up a lot of my time too but in a good way. Plus living with 6 other people means I don't get a lot of "me" time either so it's pretty crazy at the minute.  Hopefully once the swim is over I won't feel pressured to swim all the time (I don't even go that much to be fair! I should probably be going every day but it's more like 3 x a week) and I can focus on something different for a bit.

Anyway that's my wee photo less update for ya....

Comments

  1. This is a very, very interesting post. I can't believe how much your life has changed. I like the length of it too. It suits my attention span. The quality of the relationship you have with your family is nice to hear about too, it adds real depth.

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  2. Finally! Though I miss the photos as I don't really 'do' Instagram. You're very welcome, it was very difficult keeping it all a secret and a lot of 'white lies' were told but SO worth it! The look on your face was priceless. Love you lots and looking forward to Christmas xx

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