Week 43 - Big News!!!

Well, we are officially back to reality. Back to work, back to little in the bank and back to the everyday tasks you forget about when you are on holiday.

Monday saw us both heading back to work. We were both keen to get back into things. And it was nice to know that we had both been missed at work. I was quizzed a lot about what my highlight of New York was. To be honest, I couldn't give just one, so I rattled off what we had got up to instead. After work, we decided to go grocery shopping as our cupboards were pretty bare. We had our customary dinner date before food shopping, and then shopped. I must say, I don't dread shopping the way I have in the past. Would I go so far as to say I like it. Heck no. But it's so much better than it was.

Tuesday I had a sleep in and pottered around the house before heading to work. Work was fairly non-eventful and before I knew it, I was at home, grabbing a bite to eat with Pete before we made our way to the movies. Our choice: Pitch Perfect 2. It was awesome. It totally lived up to the hype.

Wednesday was another work day. Pete and I managed to have a quick coffee and chat before I stole Jelly to head to our pastors house to teach sewing for her. As she was away, she didn't want her students to miss out. As I am not what I would call a confident sewer, I was slightly apprehensive about teaching. But the 2 classes I took went really well. So much so that I am teaching again next week.

Thursday arrived to me sleeping in again. Ahh, what will I do when I have to re-enter the real world of working full time. We decided to give connect group a miss that night. So instead, we curled up with dinner on the couch to watch a movie together.

Before we knew it, it was Friday. As a colleagues son was getting married the next day, I offered to do her shift. So I worked a full day. When Pete got home, we had every intention of getting back into the running. But alas, laziness got the better of us, so we are now behind in our training schedule. So instead, we had another quiet night in.

Saturday we decided to put our entertainment guide to use. So we headed to McKenzie Towne (I know, the spelling of some words here is strange). Our plan was to have a coffee and a cupcake. The coffee place was, it seemed, a figment of our imagination. We couldn't find it anywhere. We could however find the cupcake shop. So we sat and had a cupcake and a hot chocolate while chatting over our future. We then made our way to the mall for Pete to pick up some more underwear. I also wanted to head to Old Navy (yes, I have a problem) so we did that. We then decided to miss church (gosh we are such heathens this week) and have another quiet one in. Pete was obviously pretty tired as 7 o'clock arrived and he announced he was off to bed! I opted for a bath instead.

Sunday dawned oh so bright, so we headed north to go to a thrift store that were having sales. The sales weren't quite to my liking so I didn't get anything. Pete however, scored big and got the 7 Narnia books for $2. We then made our way to Value Village for more thrift shopping. I only found a pair of shorts. As we weren't quite ready to head home, we decided to have a milkshake at Pete's Diner. We found the place and saw the lines and gave up on that idea pretty quickly. So we opted for an ice-cream instead. We then made our way home to lounge around the house to relax before another week where we did life all over again.

Aren't I mean. I made you wait to the end for the big news! Our news is that we have decided not to stay on another year here in Canada. We are coming home. Straight away? Nope. We are going to travel throughout Canada and the States for a few months, before heading back to NZ in December. Our visa expires at the end of July, so we plan to pick up Sez (my sister) from the airport in Calgary, stay a night or two here and then road trip it across Canada to Prince Edward Island. Pete and I then intend on traveling through the States for a bit to experience more of our neighbor country.

Note: Fellow readers, what we lack for photo wise now, we will more than make up for it during the next few months.