Leaving Party

Getting close now...

Departure date is really starting to get close, only three weeks of work to go and three and a half weeks until our flight on the 7th of May.

Our visa applications are with the British High Commission and we hope they will be back in the next couple of weeks.

We are selling up most of our things before we leave which has been interesting, with Trademe again proving to be rather amusing. The last two sales have been memorable - the first was the bed, which was collected by a couple of South Africans who managed to fit the whole thing into a Civic Hatchback despite the large size of the headboard, even worse they had to take it the whole way to Waiuku! Next up was a set of bedroom drawers, a mother and her two daughters came to collect but had forgotten to check if they would fit into the car! Needless to say they had to sit in the driveway for half an hour while they called Daddy to come around with a bigger car...

Last night we had a leaving party at the flat for our friends. It was always going to be interesting with an open home today at midday, although we seem to have come through unscathed.

It was a different crowd with the usual suspects joined with some of the crew from Kim's work.

It was good to catch up with those who have now moved on from the bright lights of Auckland to the greener pastures of the Waikato and our friendly civil servant from Wellington, cheers guys!

Some of the guests I know are feeling worse for wear, particularly one who enjoyed sleeping on the floor after a few calls on the big white telephone.

There were the usual pranks pulled and at one stage I was very concerned for the wellbeing of our trusty Corolla.

As usual Martin got fixated on something later in the evening, only this time it wasn't pixie juice but rather beef & garlic sausages followed by a series of slurred text messages as his potent garlic breath distracted the dial a driver. Captain Porteous was looking stunning in purple.

It was inevitable that the airbed we are using would be deflated. The only question was who would be the one to pull the plug, and this time it seems Stretch may have been responsible. I'll no doubt run into him in the UK and I will get revenge.

Hopefully we can catch up with a few of you again before we leave so until next time take care,

Cheers

Dave & Kim