Roadtripping and x-raying

This week Nick and I had two days off together so we decided to seize the opportunity and head up to Christchurch for a day trip. The rent money for our campervan needed to be paid off within 28 days before we travel and without a credit card the easiest way for us to do this was in the companies office so we decided to head up there and make the day of it. We realised how unprepared we are for winter weather and because we had originally planned to leave during NZ summer we gave a lot of our warmer clothes away from the farm to charity thinking we would no longer need them. It therefore made sense to visit some of the cheaper clothing shops they have in Christchurch to try and get our hands on some jumpers and warmer clothes. Before we headed north we went to Savemart in Timaru which is a huge second hand clothing place and luckily we got quite a few bits each. My favourite buy was a pair of heart print fluffy pyjamas, not at all my taste in print design but so super cosy that I think they'll be perfect for winter in the campervan. Christchurch was a bit disappointing clothes wise but we had fun just driving up and back that it didn't worry us too much. It was also quite reassuring to see the campervan in person and has made us both quite excited for the trip ahead. The next day we had our medicals and x-rays booked or at least we thought. I decided to check the email the night before and found out that at some point Nick and the lady on the phone had got their wires crossed so our medical was actually booked in for next Thursday. Luckily I have that day off work and Nick can easily get it off work too so it all worked out well in the end. The x-ray itself was a bit of a strange thing to have done and I had to wear a lovely fetching gown with all my hair shoved into a top knot bun because interestingly hair shows up on x-rays. We treated ourselves to some lovely lunch afterwards before enjoying being able to food shop together for the first time in a long while. We haven't had a working lawn mower in a long time and this week we finally had one provided to us. This meant Nick was out there in the hot sun mowing away when we got back from our day out together. I'm glad we've had weeks without a working mower because his boss is insisting he needs to do it weekly. It feels like a lot of time at the moment is taken up with sorting out our visa extensions and planning things for the next step of our travels and as exciting as that is I can't wait for it all to be sorted out and to finally be on the road exploring this beautiful country we've lived in for over 7 months.Läs mer