A colleague asked me today how long I'd been here and I said 9 months without thinking. Then I counted and it has been ELEVEN months. In a month from now, it will be a year. A full year since we arrived in New Zealand brand new and without a clue. Without a h[...]
If you had asked me six months ago, where we'd be today, I'd have looked at your and said without a second thought "hopefully not homeless." We packed our bags, cashed in our savings and moved here with the hope of a better life, what ever that looked like. [...]
I've spent the last week humming to myself, sometimes I pause for a minute and smile when I realise that I'm humming "if you're happy and you know it clap your hands" - it seems silly. A week in, a stressful week and I'm humming about being happy. It's a[...]
Almost exactly a year ago we decided we were going to be leaving South Africa. We put all our energy into making sure that would happen and we gave ourselves a target date of December 2017 latest. Now I can't help wondering if the sacrifices are worth it![...]