quick update
Posted
Friday, June 27, 2008 9:24 AM
i am alive. i am just so busy. just wanted to give you the 411 on all the big, exciting things going on in my world:
1. our new niece, cara jessica, was born on friday, june 20, 2008. she was 7 lbs, 7 oz, and was 20 inches long. she had tons of dark hair, and looks a lot more like mom. i won the baby pool...everyone, including cara's parents, thought she was going to be a boy!
2. we finally received our passports back from the new zealand immigration office. i was getting really stressed out b/c it has been a month from our approval. apparently, someone forgot to put our state and zip code on the package, so our identities were floating around somewhere out there for weeks. so scary!
3. our lease is up on our cute little apartment, so we need to be out by monday, june 30th. we have been packing for months, it seems. and we are in the final push to get out in time. it is just so hard to pack for our move across the world.
4. DH and i decided to go to fiji and australia, before arriving in our new home in new zealand. i can't wait to go now! it is all becoming very real. we are really this close from living our dream. it is all finally happening.
5. i may have a job in wellington sooner than i could've imagined! i have been emailing the lead clinical coordinator back and forth. we both have a lot of questions for each other b/c we are both dealing with new people from different countries and experiences in our profession. weird, but cool all in the same package!
6. i will officially tell my bosses next week that i am leaving the country. i never expected to be sad about leaving, but i am a little, even the place i just started working at for a year. fyi, i have 3 jobs, so it will be hard to do the whole thing three times!
7. we are going to germany in a couple weeks. i am excited. one of my friends over there asked me to pack her some special treats: JIF extra crunchy peanut butter, and tony roma's carolina honey bbq sauce! she is too funny, and it made me realize what we take for granted here in the states!
okay, so much for the quick update. hope all is well in nestie land!