Got a call from New Zealand Immigration today, my Visa has been approved, and I should be able to book my flights in the next couple of days…this must be some kind of record! Considering the application only went in a week ago. I need to really put a spurt on now to get myself ready to go, I need to talk to the shipping company about what I am taking with me, including my bosses Canoe!

I was going to fly to Aukland and then get a dometsic flight to Wellington, but I am now considering, getting a hire car and spending a couple of days driving down - go visit “Mount Doom” etc…

Would be a lot more chilled method of getting myself to Wellington, and then I’d still have a couple of days to find somewhere to rent, I’ll have to sort out an itenary of where to drive and where to stay, Might even try and look at Hamilton whilst I am at it!

Ah the choices!

After a while you learn the subtle difference
Between holding a hand and chaining a soul
And you learn that love doesn’t mean ‘leaning’
And company doesn’t mean ’security’.
And you begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts
And presents aren’t promises -
And you begin to accept your defeats
With your head up and your eyes open
And with the grace of an adult, not the
Grief of a child.
And you learn to build all your roads on today
Because tomorrow’s ground is uncertain
For you plans.
After a while you learn that even sunshine
Burns if you get too much.
So plant your own garden and decorate
Your own soul - instead of waiting for
Someone to bring you flowers.
And you will learn that you really can endure,
That you really are ’special’.
And that you really do have worth.
So live to learn and know yourself.
In doing so, you will learn to live.