I have found the sheep!!!!
Yes, at long last, I have found all the sheep that are supposed to roam these lands. They're all in the middle of it. I had a conference in Christchurch at the end of last week. There was an offer for all those who attended to go and stay with one of the organisers and his wife in their bach over on the west coast. I was the only one who took them up on it, but it was a really nice weekend. I was basically waited on hand and foot. The drive there from Christchurch is when I discovered the sheep.
On the way back I stopped several times to admire some impressive feats of engineering (viaducts and the like in the Southern Alps) and then stopped for lunch at Arthurs Pass. A rather pleasant lunch, sat in a warm cafe whilst it snowed outside (well, I was in the middle of the Alps) and watched a child get mobbed by Kea. Kea are alpine parrots, very cute, very fearless and very mischevious.
Got back to Nelson and headed out for a bbq, oh, the hardship. But, I was very good and biked there and back. First time I've been on the bike in months so was very proud of myself.
Busy as hell at work today. One guy is pissing me off big time at the moment, which is unfortunate cos we've only just started working together on a contract. He'd better change his chauvanistic and condescending ways pretty damn quickly. Despite being a girl, I do understand quite a lot about engineering and contracts, which seemed to come as a suprise to him.