Hi all,
I hope
this finds you all well!
Well, Jan
& I wanted to slow things down, but our lives are completely manic at
present. We haven't had a weekend in the last month & we can't really see a
day off until the third week of June. Utterly ridiculous... but I guess working
head down and backside up will see us get through it.
The
management lecturing at NMIT has added 15 hours to my already busy week, but my
current contract finishes on 18 June (phew!). I thought I was only going to do
this contract, but I have been asked if I would lecture some of the Sports
Diploma people in HR & Management issues next semester. I have a meeting
this week to see whether I think I can fit it in...
In fact,
I am supposed to be writing my change management tutorial for this Friday, but
thought that writing to all of you was much more interesting!
Jan's
current assignment is coming along slowly - a convention paper based around a
industry future issue. He is writing on the impact of the Kyoto Protocol and
carbon credits on the plantation forest industry, which he is finding quite
interesting. He got the top mark in the class for his last major assignment,
and has aced all the tiny 2% assignments. I think he will either be doing an HR
paper next, or Principles of Accounting.
He is
also now pretty right after his surgery; the only thing that remains a slight
problem is his changed sense of taste (tastebuds, not velour!!). However, the
surgeon saw him a week ago and said that the problem is not uncommon, and
should return to normal slowly over time.
Of course
we now have a clash for the regionals - Jan's exam is on the afternoon of the
day that we are supposed to be leaving for UWH in Chch. He is going to sit it a
day early (and I must make sure that he registers for the early sit). My exam
is being held on the Monday that we get back from Chch, so that's a relief.
I also
had a bit of excitement last week as I was in the local paper in a group photo,
and quoted, as Chair of the Business Development Company. Jan thinks I look
like someone with Down's Syndrome which is enough to drop anyone back to earth
if they were feeling a bit clever! I must admit though, it was a pretty awful
photo!
I have
been going through all our stuff and putting things on TradeMe for sale that we
no longer use. It is proving an amazingly successful method for getting rid of
clutter. Last week we flogged off 20 items that we weren't using, and freed up
a tiny corner in the office. I think we might carry on doing that, especially
as we get closer to moving out to the Moutere. There's no point in paying to
move things we no longer use into a new house so they can just gather dust
there!
Coco is
in season, and Fliss has an eye ulcer, so it is all $ to the vet at the moment.
Fliss is having eye problems because Coco is playing too roughly. She will calm
down, but it all takes time.
I am
getting braces fitted on June 18th; the whole nine yards, full on top &
bottom braces for two to three years. I have a front tooth that is drifting
further out of alignment, which may eventually kill two teeth through exposing
the roots, so I need to do something about it. It is just unfortunate that the
whole process is so uncomfortable, costly and ugly. Never mind, it is better
than loosing teeth, and a couple of years just whiz by.
Our next
trip away is June 15-17 to Chch for the UWH Secondary School Regional Champs.
Then we have our Hutties Hanmer weekend in July, then we have put our
luxury Hanmer weekend back to August because we haven't got a weekend
free until then. We aren't heading away for UWH Nationals as the team won't
qualify.
Notes:
Andreas and Katrin - Thanks for the Pulmoll! Some crunchies are on their
way to you :-)
Karen T - good luck with your next Triathlon
Jenny L - look forward to seeing you on the weekend again
Look
after yourselves, everyone. Alles liebe :-)
Sam & Jan
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