First Christmas abroad

It's Christmas! Not only is it our first Christmas abroad, it's also the first Christmas I've spent away from my family. I'm so pleased Bruce and Candy invited us to spend it with them because it has definitely made it a lot easier being away at this time of year. Of course we are missing everyone like crazy but at least it doesn't really feel like Christmas because it's been so hot! Christmas day was lovely. Everyone from the farm came over for lunch as well as some other family members. Receiving cards and treats from home was definitely the highlight although it did pull on the heart strings. We bought Bruce and Candy a wooden sign that was engraved with the logo I designed for them. To say they liked it would be huge understatement so I'm very glad we organised that. It's all been a bit up in the air with what we're doing next but Nick met with the owner from a farm in Geraldine for an interview and he's decided to accept work there. The only downside is we found out we couldn't move in until the 30th and having already been in the house a while we didn't want to over stay our welcome so went to Methven for a few nights away. It ended up being rather far away but it was nice having our own space and time to ourselves again. On route we stopped and had a lovely celebratory meal for finally having some direction again but unfortunately said meal decided to make a reoccurrence for me, 5 hours later which did ruin the night slightly. We spent time looking for jobs for me as well as just relaxing with the hotel's cat, Honey. I've decided to write up my cv and hand it out to shops and businesses around Geraldine once we've moved in. I received an unexpected phone call from Bruce while we were away asking if I'd be able to work the next day looking after the girls because Candy is needed for milking. The reason she needed to milk was because one of the new employees swerved on her bike while riding to work to avoid a hedgehog and has broken her leg. They'd only been working a matter of days. It does mean a bit of work for me so I'm not complaining even if we did have to wake up at 4 to be able to leave Methven in time to get to the farm. The day came when we could move into our new home which meant we could do our first big food shop in a long time. I cannot tell you how excited I was for this food shop! We went and got Nick lots of second hand clothes for him to wear while working as well. It's so very handy having a car especially because the new farm doesn't supply a vehicle to use either. It's been quite a busy week with lots of exciting changes so we're looking forward to this next chapter of our trip away.Weiterlesen