NZ Updates....
Well I had planned on updating my journal more often, however now that I have internet (but no phone yet....) at home I hope I will be updating this more often, at least a couple of times a week. I also am going to try to upload some newer photos to the New Zealand album, so that I will also have a record of what I've been seeing lately.
Other than that my homesickness is slowly improving and I am adjusting to the Kiwi way of life, and at the moment things are looking up in my life. I've also had to adjust to living with T, which has had it's challenges. It's not exactly a cakewalk to travel with someone a week while on holiday, and then go on to live with one another full-time, from the first day in NZ, and I think it has presented unique challenges for both of us. Of course, this is to be expected, but it has still taken me back a bit, but the relationship is also looking up.
There's also a few things I've learned since being in New Zealand, the largest of which is learning to take comfort in unfamiliarity and the unknown. I have learned that I can't always refer back to something I already know and that sometimes I just need to do a particular thing to figure it out, and things won't always be answered for me.
I also found that I am not converting things back to my standard unit of measurement, such as kilograms to pounds, or the different ways houses are heated, for example. I've found it's irrelevant to me, as I am now living here, and am hoping to live here for a very long time. It also has made me feel more productive and less homesick if I do not constantly convert things back, if that does not sound weird. Well this is getting a bit long, but hope all is well. later, bn.
Other than that my homesickness is slowly improving and I am adjusting to the Kiwi way of life, and at the moment things are looking up in my life. I've also had to adjust to living with T, which has had it's challenges. It's not exactly a cakewalk to travel with someone a week while on holiday, and then go on to live with one another full-time, from the first day in NZ, and I think it has presented unique challenges for both of us. Of course, this is to be expected, but it has still taken me back a bit, but the relationship is also looking up.
There's also a few things I've learned since being in New Zealand, the largest of which is learning to take comfort in unfamiliarity and the unknown. I have learned that I can't always refer back to something I already know and that sometimes I just need to do a particular thing to figure it out, and things won't always be answered for me.
I also found that I am not converting things back to my standard unit of measurement, such as kilograms to pounds, or the different ways houses are heated, for example. I've found it's irrelevant to me, as I am now living here, and am hoping to live here for a very long time. It also has made me feel more productive and less homesick if I do not constantly convert things back, if that does not sound weird. Well this is getting a bit long, but hope all is well. later, bn.