Finally...some pictures

Okay, as promised. I have photos. We FINALLY, FINALLY got broadband. Even better, we caved and got WIRELESS broadband. Woot. Yeah, the excitement around here is contagious. We've all installed googleTalk - which has proved beneficial to us not communicating in words but by typing. Although we also discovered it allows you to call people for free. (Which prompted a run from the lounge to bedroom so we could hear each other better...)

Anyway, Kaikoura.

I love it cuz it's by the beach. It's awesome. AND there's SEALS. I love SEALS. (Yes, it does require random capitalization...)

Beach/seal colony when th tide is out and there are no seals there. Look at the mountains!!!
Being the adventurous souls that we are we ventured out further...but still no seals.

Nope...still nothing. Lots of sun though!!!
We had a challenge/bet in which every meal - bar breakfast - had to be seafood. Hence, crayfish for tea!!!

The seagulls got a little hopeful - we threw rocks at them instead. Yeah, mean, I know. But they're such scavengers!!!!!

Sunset from just outside Kaikoura - isn't it pretty!!!

Taking stupid photos in the car :) Teehee.

Food at Seafest - which was great!! This was teppenyaki and it was SOOOO good. Mmmm....

SEALS!!! Aren't they SO CUTE??????? We were walking down the road - on the highway (BAD IDEA) from a seal colony because we were positive we'd seen some further down and then there they were just below us!!! We just stood there watching them for like half an hour. AND THEY WATCHED US TOO!!!! SO CUTE!!!!

FINALLY...a specifically 'awww...' photo to end on...yay!

In a complete change of topic, we went to see The Devil Wears Prada last night and it was GREAT. Anne Hathaway looks SO different in this movie. I loved it. It brought out the commercial side in me because I love pretty clothes and pretty scenes like New York and Paris and I pretend to know lots about high fashion. It's so self-indulgent of me!!!

I'll probably buy it when it comes out on DVD. Which it probably already has in the States. :P

Back!!!

...from Kaikoura!!!

...at work!!!!

...on top???

Lol. Lots of pictures to follow - Kaikoura was awesome, work is less so.

However, I've finally finished with the damned team leader recruitment thing. Yay! Now I don't even have to worry about it anymore.

Last night was Moroccan food with Jeremy and Helen. It was actually really fun :) I was a little concerned that it would be difficult to make conversation. The food was GOOD but highly expensive :P As a one off however, it was great.

And now, to work :P

Gah.

I've barely been at work this week. I managed a half day yesterday. Hopefully I manage at least a half day tomorrow.

I went to the doctor today. $40 later and he tells me that I have a virus and to let it run it's course and that he's not prescribing me anything because there wouldn't be any point.

Gah.

This is why I don't like doctors. Mainly because they never tell me anything I don't really already know. (Of course, now that I've said that - something's gonna come up to prove me wrong!) But I guess it was worth it to make sure the boy had peace of mind.

He's been working pretty hard core on this project of his and he keeps worrying something's wrong with me.

I'm just gutted though. We're supposed to be going to Kaikoura this weekend and I've been confined to either my bed or the couch for the past few days :P

I really want to feel better. Otherwise it's kinda pointless to be going to a Seafood Festival. :P

Something to scare the children:


Lol. Us lit by the bonfire at the Hangi night. The light is really whacked and we look extremely strange!!!!!

Ugh.

Sick day...

Ironic as I've spent the last three days of work scouring the leave calendar to analyse sick leave. I just feel like utter crap and have felt that way since yesterday.

My head feels all stuffy and I'm tired. So, so TIRED. But, naturally, I couldn't get to sleep last night. Because the world is a topsy turvy place like that.

I have no idea what I'm going to do today. The coffee is burnt because we're still unused to the flash-as stainless steel digital Russell Hobbs wonder machine. Someone appears to have put it an hour ahead and as such it had been brewing for 2hours by the time we got up :P

AND there was a giant spider in the sink.

Eww...

I may go back to bed. It sounds so appealing right now!