In fact, I'm not even IN Australia anymore! I know, the last post I wrote was about the beautiful Blue Mountains outside of Sydney. My mom hadn't even been a week into her 3 week visit by that time!
Mom has been very patient with me despite her really wanting to read the blogs of her trip. However, she told me a few weeks ago that it was okay if I didn't blog the rest of the trip. Obviously I was having a hard time getting myself motivated to tackle the epic trip, so she told me she would be happy just having me upload the best pictures to Facebook (FB) for her..... 3 months later, I still have our last week of the journey to post on FB! See - SLACK. However, I am tackling that project right now - between randomly typing this.
Anyhow..... I'm back in New Zealand. I flew out of Australia the same day as mom. It worked out well, I was just about able to walk her to her gate - just about, apparently flights going to the US have extra security now; the gate was blocked off and boarding passes checked. Shortly after mom's plane left I flew "home" to Dave (greeted, as expected, with a big bouquet of flowers and a HUGE smile!).
I arrived on the partner sponsored visitor visa. I've pretty much been living the life of a kept woman ever since my arrival in November! I pull my weight around the house - cleaning, gardening, etc etc - but I am starting to get antsy about having no money and Dave paying for everything. Fortunately, I got my work permit last week!!! YAY!!!!! So, the last week and half I have been desperate and antsy for a job! LOL. I've got my fingers crossed that the few leads I have will pan out in the next week or two.
Okay - I best get back to sorting through pictures for FB now ;-) Here's my favorite out of the few I've sorted through already..... It's my favorite because it is the epitome of our sunset picnic on the beach, our first night back from Tasmania. It was such a lovely and relaxing evening after a LONG day of driving and wondering if we'd make to the park in time for sunset.... as it was, we were there ages before the sun neared the horizon!!! And, we had nearly the entire beach to ourselves!
