Perspective

For homeless people, we're doing alright. First of all, there's the unbelievable generosity of Greg's brother and family who have let us stay and now there's this five day house sitting gig we happened upon! Two beautiful homes to stay in, two great areas of Auckland to be a part of... Not bad, not bad at all. Some day we will have a place to call our own but for now, this'll do just fine!

Packing Again

We're going housesitting in Mission Bay for friends who are going away and need their dog looked after! Five nights away will be a welcome relief for all, I think. It's a beautiful house with a sweeping view of horse paddocks and the water below. A wee getaway...

I hope to get the camera attachment attached and send some photos soon.

No Place to Call Our Own

However... we had a meeting yesterday with a lady who is going to work on our preapproval and then approval for a mortgage. So now we have a rough idea of what we can spend. We've seen some beautiful houses but they're out of our price range. The right one will come along; just have to be patient. Not my forte!! We are so, so lucky to be able to stay with Greg's brother and his family. But. It's not always easy. I am so eager to get into our own house. Cook, entertain, speak freely. Lloyd is missing his things; he mentions the odd toy every now and then so I know he's thinking about it all.

We have bought a car so that's something! It's a Honda Avancier. Have a look on google images if you want to see what it looks like. It's straight off a boat from Japan. It's got a lot of extras and is really nice to drive. Nice to have that independence.

Greg is at the Viaduct this morning seeing a man about a job! Let's hope something comes of it.

So. All in all we're doing well. We've only been here a week so I have to keep that perspective and get through each day hopeful.

So.

Here I am. Went to immigration with Greg today to start the paperwork for my residency. Cried most of the way there. In part because, sitting in the car with just him, that was my first down time in a long time and so had the chance to let this big move hit me a little bit. Just a little bit and that's how I like it. Ease on into it. Thank you for the emails; I've read them all a few times! I'll get better at responding, I promise. We're going this weekend to look at cars in the hopes of buying one and also going to go to a few open houses to get a feel for what's out there. We know where we want to live according to the school we want Lloyd to go to so that's a start. I'll keep you "posted"!