Well, my first three days anyway – I started on Wednesday and we’ve had a long weekend due to a public holiday today (Labour Day). Nice way to break me in easily. I’ve been inundated with information and given lots of things to do already – it’s been a lot to take in. Before I started work, Kiwi gave me some sage advice which has made the difference between my feeling overwhelmed by it all or knowing where I’m at and getting on with it. His advice was; keep a To-Do List. So simple. Unfortunately for me my To-Do List turned into a double feature-page in my notebook by the end of my first day, and by home time on Friday it was more of a small novel.

This is good though, I know what’s in store for me on Tuesday morning and over the first few days the time between 8:30am and 5:30pm flew. I’m only on a seven-month contract – the company have a seven-month project which I’ll be helping to ‘account manage’ and at the end of the seven months – end of May next year, they should be able to offer me a permanent position (or extend my contract). So knowing that I’m busy is a good feeling, it obviously means I’m needed. If I remain busy I don’t have to worry too much about my future there.

It’s been a really good week overall and things are finally falling into place all at once. On Monday I was offered the job at MADCom (not the real company name – they are a marketing and advertising company so this makes sense for a pseudonym); on Wednesday we went to view a property in Brooklyn, on the edge of Wellington’s city centre, with Cat Woman and Wetsuit Man, which we are all moving in to mid November; then on Thursday I received a letter from Immigration NZ, finally approving my work permit. They’ve given me a two year permit so I can breathe easy at last until they approve my residency application. Knowing Immigration, they’ll probably approve it in the next few weeks which will make the $280 I paid for the work permit redundant. But I guess for piece of mind, $280 is worth every cent.

So, in the space of a week, life is suddenly how I imagined it should be. Or at least it will be once we’ve moved into our new place. This weekend has been a taste of things to come – no more working weekend days and nights, Kiwi and I can just chill together. I went out after work with Kiwi Girl on Friday night, for dinner and a bottle of wine. We ran some errands on Saturday, did some serious domestic duties, met up with some friends for a drink and watched a movie. On Sunday we went into Wellington to check out the fruit and veg market which is on Victoria Street every Sunday, then walked around town and stopped for a bite to eat and a drink. We also sat down and worked out our budget for when we’re living in Wellington and it all looks good – we’re back to where we were when we were (that’s a lot of where were we’s) living in Newcastle. Basically we’re not rich but we can afford to treat ourselves and go out on dates on a weekly basis, woo!

Anyway, we’re on to day three of the weekend (woohoo! for long weekends) and I have no idea what our plans are for today. Generally just chillaxin’ I think, and maybe a few more domestic bits – although after cleaning out the guinea pigs, cleaning the bathroom, cleaning out my draws, wardrobe and storage boxes (trying to make moving-out easier by getting rid of things I don’t use/wear) and running around Upper Hutt and Lower Hutt running errands, I do feel all out of the motivation to do anything else domesticated this weekend… *Yawn*.