I love this apartment. One of the perks of moving around as often as we have is that I get to look at real estate. This is a photo of an apartment in Auckland, in the Auckland City or City Centre area. I have no doubts that it will be snapped up long before we… Read More Apartment-Hunting
There are 97 days left till we move to New Zealand. 97 DAYS. Does anyone have a paper bag that I can breathe into?! You know the sensation you get right before careening down a roller-coaster hill? That’s what I just felt. I may get whiplash watching the pages of my day planner as they… Read More Down to Double-Digits
Am I the only one out there who doesn’t feel like the year is coming to a close? I’m being serious. I think that being in college and then marrying a grad student who then became a professor has messed with my schedule. I think of everything in terms of school years. This year isn’t… Read More New Year, New Country
First off, a huge “Welcome Back!” to my big little brother, E, who is newly arrived (yesterday morning) in the US after being in Iraq for nearly a year 🙂 I’m grateful for his safe return. We’re planning on seeing him and my SIL, A, next weekend (the 25th – 27th). For those of you… Read More Three Completely Unrelated Items
Chicago was fun, the exam was boring, and I’m very glad to be back home. Really, though – Chicago was great. I love that city. It’s not as crazy as NYC or Boston or Atlanta, and just feels so much more approachable to me. I wouldn’t at all mind living there some day. The test… Read More Chicago + Corn + Flowers + Bikes = Fun!
Yeah, that’s right. Tomorrow mid-morning Chris and I are headed to Chicago. Can you tell that I’m just soooo enthused about this? I have to go to Chicago to take an English test. Don’t even get me started on it. In New Zealand, foreign RNs are required to pass an English test as of this… Read More From Indiana to Chicago
We’ve taken 2 significant steps towards our journey to New Zealand: (1) Chris finished and sent off his visa application a few days ago, and (2) I’ve registered for the required English competency exam for my NCNZ RN registration. Yay! Chris sent his application first for several good, well thought out reasons – for starters,… Read More Two Steps Closer to New Zealand
So apparently Fiji isn’t the best place to visit right now (thanks to a commenter for pointing this out!). Maybe by the time we get there in 2010, things will have calmed down. If not, there’s plenty of lovely other places to see, and that’s not even including all of the beautiful sites in New… Read More So Maybe Not Fiji…
I have just learned today that Fiji is only a 3 hour flight from Auckland, and that flights are relatively economical 🙂 I’m sensing a nice little vacation once we move to New Zealand…
Only 423 days till we move to NZ!!! Not that I’m counting or anything…
Hi everyone 🙂 Thanks so much for all of your well-wishes! Now that my mind has settled down a little bit, I can share more information with all of you regarding the next few months. Because of the nature of his job in New Zealand and their flexibility in terms of his start date, Chris… Read More More Information on the Move
I have such exciting, amazing news! We are moving to New Zealand!!! Chris was offered the equivalent of an assistant professor position (they call them something else over there) at a university in Auckland, New Zealand! Yayayayayay! It’s a tenure-track job, the #1 school in New Zealand, the #4 school in Australasia, and it’s roughly… Read More WE ARE MOVING TO NEW ZEALAND!!!
Here are some pictures that Chris emailed me from his trip. He’s having a really great time thus far – he likes the faculty, really is impressed with the campus, and all in all is having a great experience 🙂 View of the Cook Islands, taken while on layover there (he was able to get… Read More Pictures from New Zealand
It’s 1:40am and I just got off the phone. I’ve been calling like a madwoman trying to figure out Chris’ travel arrangements. After getting his flight re-routed to Indy, he got into Chi-town and caught a flight to LA. Before he flew out he was able to call the airline, who positively assured him that… Read More 1:40am, calling New Zealand
Well, Chris left this morning for his trip to New Zealand. The plan was for him to fly into O’Hare, then LAX, then Auckland. Unfortunately, the weather in Chicago didn’t cooperate. He ended up being re-routed to Indy where he sat, and sat, and sat. Had he been able to de-plane, it’s likely that he… Read More Waiting Game
