ER visit

Well, my happy 5-day bout of perfect health ended abruptly in the middle of the night with some bad "tummy flu" (as later diagnosed by a doctor). Bryce had to do the whole "in sickness and in health" thing and take me to the ER at 2am to make sure there wasn't something seriously wrong. We were there for about 5 hours while they pumped fluids into me. We both called in sick for Friday and slept until about 4pm. Luckily Bryce is as healthy as an ox-- no problems with him.

NZ Boardmaker

There's this software program I use often at work called Boardmaker. It's a cool program where I can create visuals for children to support their communication or behavior. I type a key word into its search engine and a couple of picture possibilities pop up that I can choose from. The Boardmaker I use here is the NZ edition. That means I stumble upon the coolest icons that are New Zealand specific. Yesterday, while looking up the word, "pool," I stumbled upon this picture:


sweet AS!

What's new in the Southern Hemisphere

Lets see if I can attempt to get everyone up to speed.
Bryce(I) got a job, working for the Wellington City Council being a finance business analyst. Basically another bean-counting job. I started at the start of February, so this will be my 4th full week.
We've decided to apply for residency, Residency allows us to be in the country regardless of employment status with no time limit. There are some costs and some beaurecratic hoops to go through, but we like the freedom it will offer us.
Julie's had a pretty bad cold/bronchitis the last 3 weeks or so, but she seems to be have mostly beaten it now.

We've been pretty busy the last few days, though I don't know if it's exciting I'll give you a run-down.
Yesterday(Sat); Went out a beach/rock climbing place to play around and enjoy the waves and warm sunshine. Met up with some new friends for dinner at their place.
Fri; Bryce joined in the weekly Friday work festivities, Julie recovered
Thurs: Movies in the park and drinks at the local polictical bar across the street from Parliment
Wednesday: went to a hiking & climbing club meeting.
Tuesday; 7$ Race and beer at a bar on the waterfront, met up with Julie's co-worker, ran a new personal best(at least for the least few years) in the 5k.
Monday: took it easy, busy week planned
Sunday: Went on a mini roadtrip to a nice warm beach, napped on the beach.
Saturday: Wandered our local suburban waterfront; Saw a gypsy fair, went to an awesome authentic Italian combo shop/restaurant, watched water-skiing races.

As you can see we've been pretty busy lately. We'll try to keep everyone in the loop a bit better.
Back to housework and some R&R