High ho, high ho, it's back to work I go

After a week off work I finally felt well enough to return. I had the hospital confirm that I had caught a parasite probably from the calves, milk or other animals on the farm. It's crazy that I'm the least involved with the farm out of all the staff but I'm the one to catch a parasite! They still believe I had an infection too because of some of the symptoms I had and there may be the potential for future problems from that infection but I've decided to not worry about that until necessary. The first day back was hard because I had to drive Bruce's mum back to Christchurch airport, a 2 hour drive one way, and I was worried about how I'd feel while doing it. The back pain was the biggest symptom I was still dealing with but luckily sitting in one position for a while eased the pain so the drive wasn't too bad. Eliza slept the whole day there and both napped on the way back for a short while. Of all the weeks to get ill it was definitely a great coincidence that the week it happened was the week Bruce's mum was visiting because it meant they had someone to help with the girls while Candy had to go and help with the calves. The kittens have suddenly gotten massive and are fully exploring around the house now. They are enjoying playing everywhere and exploring together and it won't be long before they are venturing outside. On Monday before I went back to work we viewed a potential campervan to buy. We really liked the van and were definitely going to buy it until our housemate Jono came and had a look at the engine and underneath the van and discovered a large oil leak which he was concerned about because he had the same leak on a car and eventually the engine gave out. It's also in an area that would involve removing the engine and gear box to fix and because of that the labour alone would cost over $1000 to sort it out. It was a big blow and we were up for getting a quote for the work but after ringing all the garages we knew about no one could fit us in to have an estimation given. Instead we decided it wasn't meant to be and the guy and van left for Christchurch. I'm so glad we have people on the farm who know about cars because we keep being saved from buying dodgey potentially problematic campervans with their help. Working wise I took it quite easy this week. We did go to the playground on Cassidy's days off preschool and visited the parrot that says "hello" and "tickle tickle" to you. She's pretty wary of the birds but the talking one does help her ease up around them quite a lot. Tika finally got her hair cut and looks like a completely different dog. I was quite glad that Candy took her to the appointment because on that day I was feeling pretty bad again. We got to experience Jono driving through the fort of water in his truck because we came home and no one could be bothered to cook so we decided to head to get a burger for dinner. He enjoys very much pushing his truck to the limit and driving it through water and rivers often. I really think he'd be a good rally driver! Unfortunately the restuarant closed 5 minutes later after we arrived so we had to order a take away instead but it was still a really nice treat for us.Läs mer