I have been without a DSL connection for nearly two months! Two months!!! I'm going out of my mind!!!! I haven't been able to regularly read my blog buddies entries and I have been out of touch with you all for long periods of time. I'm missing my friends and all their life events.
The company that we have signed up with said it could take up to 2 weeks to be linked up. Two weeks!!!!! And that's with us wiring it all up! Two weeks!!!! In Ecuador it took just two days. You heard right....two days and they came, drilled the wee holes in the wall and wired us up. And that was a third world country! Come on NZ!!
I have lots of blogs things to write about but won't do that today. I will inundate you when we are finally connected. Oh what rejoicing there will be on that day.
Tomorrow we're off to Blenheim. My sister,her husband and our wee niece (now 5 months old) live there and this is a big weekend for them. Grace, our niece, will be dedicated in church. It will be our first chance to meet her and we will get to hang out with my sister and hubby who we haven't seen yet. It will be a busy weekend but it will be a nice one.
The bit that won't be so nice is this...the Interisland ferry. Boats and I do not go very well together. Something to do with motion sickness, the rollicking waves and the meat pie smells. Yuck yuck yuck. My dad is the same so we may just find a spot to lie down and not move during the whole 3 hour trip. The ferry runs between the North and South Islands, cossing the Cook Strait. It is a very scenic journey...not that I get to see it much:-) At some point you can see the Southern Alps from the tip of the North Island. We have spent much of the week trying to convince Isaac to get on the boat. To date he is a lot happier about it but the true test will be as we board. He should be okay if we bribe him with lollies (candy) and meat pies. Yuck yuck yuck!!!!
6 comments:
Good to have an update from you. Sounds like Primo would come in handy for you drilling little holes in walls, etc. Want me to give him a call? :)
Try taking one of those little motion-sickness pills before boarding the ferry. They work if taken about 1/2 hour before the trip, but make you drousy.
I thought you'd discovered that the world really is flat and had fallen off!
Enjoy your ferry trip and weekend away. Sounds like fun.
I had a old seasoned sea captain tell me to avoid seasickness to stay on my feet and NOT to lay down. I was all ready queezy when he told me that but it did seem to help. Hugs, J
Hey, it sure is great to hear that you guys are doing good. Glad to hear the boys are enjoying school. You and Nigel need that time alone, so don't feel bad about that time spent together or hiding out.
I don't do too good with long boat trips either, but a motion-sickness pill should do the job. There should be some that don't make you drowsy. Let us know how it goes.
My husband says that if he would move to a different ministry he would love to go to NZ! So, we are eagerly watching what you have to say about it. Not that we feel God is moving us anytime soon, but it's nice to take a "what if" trip every now and again.
Nice pic. Miss you two.
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