Wellington

My week in Wanganui was over all too quickly. The weather packed it in as I predicted, so it was a very cold and blustery day when I got to Wellington.

My week at work was great, although I did wonder what on earth I was going to do to occupy an entire week at first. When I arrived nothing very comprehensive had been set up, and the whole training took a mere hour and a half. So the rest of the week was spent taking the training one more time, just for good measure, and then having meetings to catch up on what was happening with the various projects. Fortunately most of the people I had meetings with were friends of mine, so it wasn't an arduous week at all.

It was a very stimulating time actually and it made me realise how much I miss having a job where I am actually require to use my little grey cells, so finding a decent job will be high on my list of priorities from now on.

I got to catch up with all my old workmates and even with some of the ones who don't work for DIA anymore such as Robyn, Gareth and Troy. I also ran into loads of old friends on the street on my way to work every morning, so that was very cool. Wellington is such a village. Love it!

I got to hang out with Monique, Kara, Cameron and Rebecca (thanks for a great dinner Cameron! He's a good cook, all you single ladies out there...)and also with my brother. Mum and Dad came down to Wellington for my last weekend, and we had a very successful day of shopping, although I am still horrified at the prices we pay for things in NZ even when I convert it to NZ dollars. Rebecca also showed Mum her fantastic classroom, which is done up in true Rebecca-style, and shows off the classwork to perfection. As a visual person, I want to be a kid in her class! There's all sorts of cool things on the walls. Dad and I of course, were relegated to outsider status as Mum and Rebecca spoke in their teacher jargon. So many acronyms....

I had a fun night out dancing at Electric Avenue with Kara, Cameron and Maria to 80's cheese. Lots of Madonna, Whitney Houston, Billy Ocean, Tiffany and Wham. I was sorry at call it a night at 2am, but I had to be up early to go shopping. A girl must have priorities.

On my last night I went with friends and family to The Black harp for dinner where we watched the All Blacks v Canada, which was not quite the walk-over that was expected, but was hardly a nailbiter either. And how glad am I that Dan Carter has decent hair again!

Wellington has chaged quite a bit since I was last there. Developments seem to be going on all over the show, especially along the waterfront, and Queens Wharf looks like it won't be such a White Elephant afterall. I still love Wellington more than anywhere else in the world - even on a cold, wet, blustery day.