Tuesday 29th - Thursday 31st August 2017
Tuesday
After the somewhat stressful boat journey over, a lady took us to our hostel, La Boheme Sister. The set up is so cool! It's almost like staying in a treehouse. It was too early to check in, so we headed out to check out the island, and have a browse around the shops for a wee bit. We headed back at around 10, and our room was ready for us. I was very excited to see air conditioning! It makes a huge difference! We then got changed and headed down to the beach to get some sunbathing and swimming time in. We were going to walk around to where the swings are, but decided we would do that later. After a couple of hours of not really doing a whole lot we went and grabbed chicken burgers from the nearest bar then returned to repeat the morning! However, this afternoon we managed to pick a spot next to a devil fish that kept swimming into us and biting us as we were getting out the water! It was very annoying but also quite amusing. We went back to the hostel as he sun was going down to get changed and hen we grabbed dinner at the closest place. The plan was to meet Emma's friend Tyler, but we didn't hear back from him so after a bit we decided to head back to the hostel. I don't really have the money to go out drinking and we were both super tired as well... we seem to have got into a sleep pattern of waking up early and going to bed early! Typically after we had gotten changed into pjs he messaged emma but she didn't fancy going out either so we just watched greys anatomy.
Wednesday
As Emma wanted to catch Tyler after his morning dive, before he left Gili T, we went to the beach closest to our hostel this morning. The beach is much nicer as there's less coral, but the current in the sea is so strong it just drags you away... doesn't really make for a relaxing dip in the sea! Just before lunch we bumped into him and Emma said her goodbyes. Then we headed back down to the beach we were at yesterday before grabbing a beer at the sunset beach and having a little photo shoot haha!
Thursday
We checked out the hostel this morning and chilled on the beach before lunchtime. We had to get our boat at 3, but had to check in at 2 so spent an hour sitting around in the stifling heat before grabbing the boat back to padangbai!
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Lombok
Saturday
It was an early wake up call this morning to wait for our transfer at 6:30am! We had the craziest driver and, not gonna lie, I'm genuinely surprised we didn't crash a few times! The boat was sweltering, we stupidly sat downstairs for the first bit to Gili T Island, and there was no fresh air at all. Luckily heaps of people got off on Gili T so we carried on to Lombok in style at the top with all the fresh air! Gili T looks so lush, pretty similar to the mamanuca islands! We'll be heading there in a few days so excited for that.
The rest of the afternoon consisted of us attempting to go out, but the scooters we're all hired out and there's nothing really in the local area which was a shame! So we ended up chilling in the 'cinema' area watching greys anatomy! And I have to say I've been loving it! It's so nice to chill out and not feel guilty about it!
Sunday
The day started out amazingly with an included breakfast of banana pancakes! I was super disappointed at first, but Abdul was so cute about it I couldn't not eat it and I actually fully enjoyed it! And it was super filling so win win! The plan was to hire out scooters and go explore the island, but, as we hadn't ridden before, we weren't allowed to hire them out as they were worried for our safety! (Fair enough really!) so we grabbed a taxi instead... had a bit of confusion with the currency but sorted t it in the end! We ended up going to Senggigi which is so much nicer than the beach near la boheme. We chilled out for the morning before grabbing food at cocoloco, I had the red Thai chicken curry and it was to die for! So good. Unfortunately it had gotten pretty cloudy so we headed hack at around 3. We had a new girl from Toronto in our room and she was so lovely! We got to chatting and then went on a wee walk around the area and found a nicer bit of the beach to the one emma and I found yesterday! We then went to watch the sunset on the hill which was pretty cool just super sweaty! The plan was to then go down to watch the bonfire on the beach but we were all shattered so had another early night!
Monday
We decided to head back to senggigi this morning and this time I remembered it being a book so the day went much quicker as I powered through it pretty quickly! I decided against having a normal
Lunch and went for just a cake instead... i immediately felt so much better than I had for a while... guess I just needed a good chocolate boost! Emma and I were so happy this evening as we managed to stream the latest episode of Game of Thrones... j was so worried I wouldn't get to watch it by the wifi here is actually better than some of the places in New Zealand thank god!
Tuesday
It was time to say goodbye to Lombok this morning! We had an early wake up call at 6am, we were told to grab breakfast at 6:30am but no one was there sadly! So we headed down to the harbour to catch the free boat to Gili T, it reminded me of a few boats in Fiji as I felt like I was going to fall in at some pointa!
Saturday, 26 August 2017
Bali - Kuta Beach
Thursday 24th August -
Thursday
I was on a pretty basic plane with no in flight meal sadly, but this was all a ok as I had a whole aisle to myself which meant I got some great napping time in! Unfortunately, it took frigging ages to get my bags and I was getting more and more hungry, tired and grumpy as the time ticked on. Eventually I got out and went to look for Emma, it proved difficult as I had about a trillion men shouting TAXI TAXI in my face haha! She had already got us a taxi driver so we hopped in and went to our hotel, pop hotel Kuta beach. It's a pretty cool hotel, reminds me of the one we stayed in on the Contiki in Christchurch! (Just no cool lights) it was pretty late by the time we got there so it was straight to bed for us!
Friday
First I woke up at 2am, then 3:30, then 5, then 6 and finally I got up at 7am. Probably shouldn't have napped on the plane! I was absolutely starving as all I had to eat last night was a couple of tim tams. We went straight on out after getting dressed and, thinking we had an included breakfast, went to go and grab some but we were then told it was not included! (I mean we're paying £11 a night so can't really complain!) somwe decided to head down to the beach and grab something from somewhere. We found a cute little restaurant and got a delicious smashed avo on toast brekkie! After chilling out for a bit, we decided to hitch a cab to a local market to do a spot of shopping. It was a bit strange getting back into the swing of haggling but eventually I managed to pick up some cute shorts and an elephant singlet for about £3 each! Bargain! We spent a couple of hours wandering before heading back to the hotel to chill in the air con/ have a nap. After a while we decided we were too hungry so we went out for dinner. I had some delicious noodles, the best thing about the restaurant however was that they had a soingebob themed kids menu!
Thursday
I was on a pretty basic plane with no in flight meal sadly, but this was all a ok as I had a whole aisle to myself which meant I got some great napping time in! Unfortunately, it took frigging ages to get my bags and I was getting more and more hungry, tired and grumpy as the time ticked on. Eventually I got out and went to look for Emma, it proved difficult as I had about a trillion men shouting TAXI TAXI in my face haha! She had already got us a taxi driver so we hopped in and went to our hotel, pop hotel Kuta beach. It's a pretty cool hotel, reminds me of the one we stayed in on the Contiki in Christchurch! (Just no cool lights) it was pretty late by the time we got there so it was straight to bed for us!
Friday
First I woke up at 2am, then 3:30, then 5, then 6 and finally I got up at 7am. Probably shouldn't have napped on the plane! I was absolutely starving as all I had to eat last night was a couple of tim tams. We went straight on out after getting dressed and, thinking we had an included breakfast, went to go and grab some but we were then told it was not included! (I mean we're paying £11 a night so can't really complain!) somwe decided to head down to the beach and grab something from somewhere. We found a cute little restaurant and got a delicious smashed avo on toast brekkie! After chilling out for a bit, we decided to hitch a cab to a local market to do a spot of shopping. It was a bit strange getting back into the swing of haggling but eventually I managed to pick up some cute shorts and an elephant singlet for about £3 each! Bargain! We spent a couple of hours wandering before heading back to the hotel to chill in the air con/ have a nap. After a while we decided we were too hungry so we went out for dinner. I had some delicious noodles, the best thing about the restaurant however was that they had a soingebob themed kids menu!
After dinner we had a lovely little beach walk before going back to the hotel for an early night.
Friday, 25 August 2017
Sydney
Sunday 20th - Thursday 24th August 2017
Sunday
I'm not gonna lie... I shed a few tears on the plane! It has been a lot harder than I thought it would be leaving the Langton family and I really don't feel ready to leave New Zealand yet, especially as the weather is just starting to get nicer! However, the in flight meal cheered me up as it was delicious! I'll definitely fly emirates again, they're way fancier than Jetstar! I got through customs so quickly, e passport makes everything so much easier for sure! It was so good seeing Kirsten at arrivals, it's literally feels like years since we last saw each other even though it's only half a year! She dropped me off at Rachel and Kay's house, Wade and Mary's friends who have very kindly let me stay at their place in Redfern, but not before having a good catch up! Rachel and Kay seem awesome!
Monday
So I could say that I had the best day ever in Sydney seeing the sights, however that was definitely not the case! I facetimed Mary and Emily in the morning (don't think that helped the whole feeling homesick for New Zealand thing!) Mary said that the boys didn't have very good drop offs which of course made me feel even worse!
I didn't really have much of a plan for today, other than go and see Sydney Opera house, so I popped that in my maps and decided to walk into the city and then go to a few places I see on the way. Turns out there's not masses of touristy stuff to do in the city for free! I did grab the most delicious brunch though!
Following this I finally got to the Opera house and I have to say, I was mildly disappointed! I don't think the cloudy weather helped, but it actually looked pretty ugly up close! However, after a short stroll through the botanical gardens I saw it as it is in pictures and I have to say it looks so much better from further away.
I then wandered round the city aimlessly, as I had no idea where to go or what to do! Travelling by
yourself does get a bit boring some times, especially after 7 months of pretty much always being with someone else!
Sunday
I'm not gonna lie... I shed a few tears on the plane! It has been a lot harder than I thought it would be leaving the Langton family and I really don't feel ready to leave New Zealand yet, especially as the weather is just starting to get nicer! However, the in flight meal cheered me up as it was delicious! I'll definitely fly emirates again, they're way fancier than Jetstar! I got through customs so quickly, e passport makes everything so much easier for sure! It was so good seeing Kirsten at arrivals, it's literally feels like years since we last saw each other even though it's only half a year! She dropped me off at Rachel and Kay's house, Wade and Mary's friends who have very kindly let me stay at their place in Redfern, but not before having a good catch up! Rachel and Kay seem awesome!
Monday
So I could say that I had the best day ever in Sydney seeing the sights, however that was definitely not the case! I facetimed Mary and Emily in the morning (don't think that helped the whole feeling homesick for New Zealand thing!) Mary said that the boys didn't have very good drop offs which of course made me feel even worse!
I didn't really have much of a plan for today, other than go and see Sydney Opera house, so I popped that in my maps and decided to walk into the city and then go to a few places I see on the way. Turns out there's not masses of touristy stuff to do in the city for free! I did grab the most delicious brunch though!
yourself does get a bit boring some times, especially after 7 months of pretty much always being with someone else!
Tuesday
Today was heaps better as I chilled with Kirsten all day! Although, saying that, I almost didn't as I panic got on the wrong train! But it was all good I got the express train from the next station! Even though I had leftover dominoes for breakfast, I couldn't resist Kirsten's offer of a free maccas from where she works! After that it was time for the hour and a half drive to the blue mountains. We went to the 'scenic world' where they have a cable car and cliff train and things which was pretty cool! The cliff train is the steepest in the world! It was such a fun day and lovely spending time with Kirsten - even if we did get stuck in peak hour traffic for ages on the way home!
Wednesday
Had a leisurely day today, made my way down to Bondi beach but then realised I never put my bikini on or brought it with me so that was silly! I was gonna do the bondi to coogee walk but i just decided I didn't want to in the end! To be honst everywhere kinda looks he same as the Jurassic coast back home, just better weather! I sat and watched the surfers for a while before a lady asked me to film a Facebook live video for her. I thought why the hell not, I'm not doing anything really! So I did it for her, she's a dancer/ self help person or something and yeah it was definitely interesting!
After this unusual occurrence, I headed back to redfern to FaceTime my favourite boys! Cillian orettt much spent the whole time crying and telling me to come back and Darragh keeps saying how much he missed me! Not gonna lie made my heart break a wee bit! They're just too cute! I then headed back out and had a wander around before deciding to just go back and chill for a bit. When rachel and Kay came hom, we went straight out to happy d's which is the most amazing dumplings place! Nothing better than dumplings and beer! We then went to another pub and got chicken wings too for a second dinner!
Thursday
Thursday has come around all too soon and it was time to leave Sydney! If anything it's made me even more excited to come back and travel around Australia more thoroughly, especially if I can meet up with friends! However, I was very excited today as I got a message from Emma saying she managed to get her visa sorted and she was headed to Sydney eh opera house! So after picking my bag and doing a wash I met up with her in Hyde Park for a wee bit, before quickly heading back to pack my washing. Mitch came and dropped us off at the airport which was so lovely of him, we didn't really see all that much of him! It took ages for my check in to open, and then finally I got through and I got pulled over for a full body scan and my bag was pulled over! Honestly he first time this has ever happened. I chilled with Emma in the airport before her flight left, and then I was on my own for an hour and a bit! So I decided to bug my fav family again and forced them to stay on FaceTime with me until my flight was boarding... they love it!
Monday, 21 August 2017
Last Week in New Zealand :(
Monday 14th - Sunday 20th August 2017
Monday
We packed up after a lazy morning and headed home to Timaru! On the way we stopped off at Puzzling World which was honestly so much fun! They have a huge maze and you have to get to all four towers before finding the exit. Wade got to the first tower first and then Darragh, Cillian and I caught up, leaving Mary lost! After a while she found got to us but then we all kind of split up! Darragh, Cillian and I managed to get to all four towers first so we helped out Mary and Wade... but that's where I went wrong! Wade was the last to get to all four towers but then first out! Darragh and Cillian started to get grumpy so we let them out the emergency exit, but Mary and I refused to give up and spent a while trying to find the exit (mostly ended up going round in circles!) We finally made it out and then went to the illusion rooms. The worst room was the tilted room - I just felt pretty drunk! They had a few cool things but the maze was definitely the most fun!
Tuesday
Today pretty much consisted of me getting things organised, with both stuff I need and presents for the family!
Wednesday
River and Karla brought Hazel and Tori round for a play date this afternoon. I painted heir faces and didn't do a terrible job... think I might be getting better?
Thursday
As it was my last morning this morning, I had to frantically rush around Timaru trying to organise everything I've left until the last minute. I can tell I don't want to leave as normally I'm super organised! I had my last visit with Cushla today and then all the au pairs went out for dinner at zest.... the pizzas there are to die for!
Friday
Last working day! I honestly can't believe how quickly those 5 months have gone and I have loved watching Darragh and Cillian grow and learn over that time. Today we had the wedding of the century... Spider-Man (Cillian) and Elsa (Hazel)! It was honestly one of the cutest things in the world... these kiddies melt my heart! We then decided to go to chipmunks for the honeymoon which was definitely a great shout... it's heaps of fun there! After picking Darragh up from school, and then waiting for wade to get home, I gave them all their presents from me (mainly because I was too excited to wait until Sunday!). It was then that Mary and I started drinking and I would love to tell you what happened on the night out but I honestly have no recollection of about 90% of the night!
Saturday
Last full day in New Zealand today, and I wasted it being severely hungover in bed with Mary. I even puked in a bowl in her bed because I'm that classy.
Sunday
That's it! My time in New Zealand is over... and what a 7 months it has been! I am honestly gutted I'm not staying here until January, I have gotten so attached to the family I work for and I will miss them more than I can even imagine. Saying goodbye was hard but I'm too excited about the next few months so luckily I didn't cry!
Monday
We packed up after a lazy morning and headed home to Timaru! On the way we stopped off at Puzzling World which was honestly so much fun! They have a huge maze and you have to get to all four towers before finding the exit. Wade got to the first tower first and then Darragh, Cillian and I caught up, leaving Mary lost! After a while she found got to us but then we all kind of split up! Darragh, Cillian and I managed to get to all four towers first so we helped out Mary and Wade... but that's where I went wrong! Wade was the last to get to all four towers but then first out! Darragh and Cillian started to get grumpy so we let them out the emergency exit, but Mary and I refused to give up and spent a while trying to find the exit (mostly ended up going round in circles!) We finally made it out and then went to the illusion rooms. The worst room was the tilted room - I just felt pretty drunk! They had a few cool things but the maze was definitely the most fun!
Tuesday
Today pretty much consisted of me getting things organised, with both stuff I need and presents for the family!
Wednesday
River and Karla brought Hazel and Tori round for a play date this afternoon. I painted heir faces and didn't do a terrible job... think I might be getting better?
Thursday
As it was my last morning this morning, I had to frantically rush around Timaru trying to organise everything I've left until the last minute. I can tell I don't want to leave as normally I'm super organised! I had my last visit with Cushla today and then all the au pairs went out for dinner at zest.... the pizzas there are to die for!
Friday
Last working day! I honestly can't believe how quickly those 5 months have gone and I have loved watching Darragh and Cillian grow and learn over that time. Today we had the wedding of the century... Spider-Man (Cillian) and Elsa (Hazel)! It was honestly one of the cutest things in the world... these kiddies melt my heart! We then decided to go to chipmunks for the honeymoon which was definitely a great shout... it's heaps of fun there! After picking Darragh up from school, and then waiting for wade to get home, I gave them all their presents from me (mainly because I was too excited to wait until Sunday!). It was then that Mary and I started drinking and I would love to tell you what happened on the night out but I honestly have no recollection of about 90% of the night!
Saturday
Last full day in New Zealand today, and I wasted it being severely hungover in bed with Mary. I even puked in a bowl in her bed because I'm that classy.
Sunday
That's it! My time in New Zealand is over... and what a 7 months it has been! I am honestly gutted I'm not staying here until January, I have gotten so attached to the family I work for and I will miss them more than I can even imagine. Saying goodbye was hard but I'm too excited about the next few months so luckily I didn't cry!
Monday, 14 August 2017
Wanaka!
Monday 7th - Sunday 13th August 2017
Monday
After school today I took the boys to the scenic reserve. We explored a new bit down over a bridge and at the skate park. They loved running up and down the ramps it was super cute! Other than that we've been doing the same as usual!
Tuesday
I met Julia at Coffee Culture again today, but as I don't have any tesol stuff with me there wasn't much for me to go through as I'd rather plan proper lessons for her that way I'm helping her out but I'm also practicing teaching properly too! Afterwards I spent my time finishing off buying presents for the family and I'm pretty much almost done now which is a weight off! I'm excited to give the boys their presents but I really don't want to leave, I can't believe how quickly this year as gone!
Wednesday
Today we had a chill day today, not doing overly much until after school when we played frisbee golf down at Caroline Bay as I had bought a couple more frisbees this morning. It was so much fun and Darragh was pretty good, Cillian is just a little slow compared to him but he'll get there when he's a bit bigger, his aim is pretty spot on though.Emily came around for dinner and then, after the boys had gone to bed, we watched High School Musical 2! I'm so sad we didn't meet each other sooner as we get on so brilliantly!
Thursday
We're getting very excited for our holiday this weekend! After picking Cillian up from kindy, we cleaned the car (as it was stressing me out, it was so dirty!) and then took his bike down to Caroline Bay for a ride as it was such a lovely day! After picking Darragh up from school, we went round to see Mackenzie as it was her birthday! This evening, a few family friends came over for nibbles and Mary had made the most amazing sushi! Also I ate the salmon and didn't hate it so hopefully me forcing myself to like fish is working! All in all a lovely day!
Friday
We kept Darragh off school today as we weren't sure when we were gonna be heading to Wanaka! I took them both to mainly music and it was so cute to see hat everyone there still remembered Darragh even though he hasn't been for half a year! Afterwards, I dropped he boys off to Wade at the hairdressers for a pre holiday hair cut. Then it was back home for last minute packing and cleaning before making the three hour journey to Wanaka! I couldn't remember whether I had been here before, but walking down to the lake made me realise I had - this is where Tayla was attacked by ducks! This evening we had fish and chips and roasted marshmallows on the open fire. All in all a great Friday, although I did fall asleep watching the girl who played with fire with Wade and Mary!
Saturday
I was 100% sure that I wouldn't go skiing whilst here, so I brought heaps of things with me to entertain myself up the mountain whilst the others were skiing and snowboarding. However, when we got there Wade and Mary said that they would go halves with me and, although the whole day was definitely way over budget for me (even going halves!) it was so worth it! I had the best time and by the end of the day I had gotten pretty confident. And to be fair, I only really fell over when I was standing still at the bottom! All in all a super fab day!
Sunday
Today we headed back to Queenstown, which I'm super happy about as I would go as far as to say that it is my favourite place in New Zealand and one of my most favourite places in the world! We headed up the gondola and took the boys on the luge, which they both loved so much! We then went and grabbed some lunch, I contemplated a Ferg burger but I was definitely not hungry enough so went for some dumplings instead! We then went to cookie time as I wanted to get a freebie, but sadly the queue was huge and I couldn't be bothered to wait so we just headed back to Wanaka! On the way back, we stopped off at the bridge bungy to show the boys and then Wade and Mary forced me to have a photo next to the big fruit.
Monday
After school today I took the boys to the scenic reserve. We explored a new bit down over a bridge and at the skate park. They loved running up and down the ramps it was super cute! Other than that we've been doing the same as usual!
Tuesday
I met Julia at Coffee Culture again today, but as I don't have any tesol stuff with me there wasn't much for me to go through as I'd rather plan proper lessons for her that way I'm helping her out but I'm also practicing teaching properly too! Afterwards I spent my time finishing off buying presents for the family and I'm pretty much almost done now which is a weight off! I'm excited to give the boys their presents but I really don't want to leave, I can't believe how quickly this year as gone!
Wednesday
Today we had a chill day today, not doing overly much until after school when we played frisbee golf down at Caroline Bay as I had bought a couple more frisbees this morning. It was so much fun and Darragh was pretty good, Cillian is just a little slow compared to him but he'll get there when he's a bit bigger, his aim is pretty spot on though.Emily came around for dinner and then, after the boys had gone to bed, we watched High School Musical 2! I'm so sad we didn't meet each other sooner as we get on so brilliantly!
Thursday
We're getting very excited for our holiday this weekend! After picking Cillian up from kindy, we cleaned the car (as it was stressing me out, it was so dirty!) and then took his bike down to Caroline Bay for a ride as it was such a lovely day! After picking Darragh up from school, we went round to see Mackenzie as it was her birthday! This evening, a few family friends came over for nibbles and Mary had made the most amazing sushi! Also I ate the salmon and didn't hate it so hopefully me forcing myself to like fish is working! All in all a lovely day!
Friday
We kept Darragh off school today as we weren't sure when we were gonna be heading to Wanaka! I took them both to mainly music and it was so cute to see hat everyone there still remembered Darragh even though he hasn't been for half a year! Afterwards, I dropped he boys off to Wade at the hairdressers for a pre holiday hair cut. Then it was back home for last minute packing and cleaning before making the three hour journey to Wanaka! I couldn't remember whether I had been here before, but walking down to the lake made me realise I had - this is where Tayla was attacked by ducks! This evening we had fish and chips and roasted marshmallows on the open fire. All in all a great Friday, although I did fall asleep watching the girl who played with fire with Wade and Mary!
I was 100% sure that I wouldn't go skiing whilst here, so I brought heaps of things with me to entertain myself up the mountain whilst the others were skiing and snowboarding. However, when we got there Wade and Mary said that they would go halves with me and, although the whole day was definitely way over budget for me (even going halves!) it was so worth it! I had the best time and by the end of the day I had gotten pretty confident. And to be fair, I only really fell over when I was standing still at the bottom! All in all a super fab day!
Sunday
Today we headed back to Queenstown, which I'm super happy about as I would go as far as to say that it is my favourite place in New Zealand and one of my most favourite places in the world! We headed up the gondola and took the boys on the luge, which they both loved so much! We then went and grabbed some lunch, I contemplated a Ferg burger but I was definitely not hungry enough so went for some dumplings instead! We then went to cookie time as I wanted to get a freebie, but sadly the queue was huge and I couldn't be bothered to wait so we just headed back to Wanaka! On the way back, we stopped off at the bridge bungy to show the boys and then Wade and Mary forced me to have a photo next to the big fruit.
Friday, 11 August 2017
August is here!
Monday 31st July - Sunday 6th August 2017
Monday
We were going to meet Karla with ben and Tori today, but unfortunately Karla was not well! So instead I took Sarragh and Cillian down to Caroline bay with a frisbee and bat and ball. Sarragh found they frisbee golf things and really enjoyed it so at some point I'm gonna get he ma couple more frisbees from the two dollar shop so we can have a good go at it!
Tuesday
Today I met Julia at coffee culture, as I'm going to start tutoring her to help her improve her English. I had made a few tests (basically the same as the ones I did for tesol last year at uni!) and that's pretty much all we did today. I'm excited to be able to put tesol into practice again as I loved doing it!
Wednesday - Thursday
Haven't been doing anything to crazy over the past couple of days as Cillian is still recovering from being ill
Friday
After music this morning, we went to the play ground as usual but then headed to the library as they had some woman in promoting her new book with music and atories. Normally the library have really cool things on but this was super cheesy and very very boring for us au pairs! Luckily the kids had heaps of fun so that made it worth it! Afterwards, River brought Hazel over to ours to play and Cillian proposed to Hazel with a candy ring! Very cute.
Saturday
Emily and I were going to go out tonight, but as she hasn't been feeling well all week so we decided to postpone until my last weekend! So today I didn't really do a whole lot shock! The most productive part of my day was when I walked down to PAC n save to get true $1.49 tim tams!
Sunday
Today Emily, Karla, Elena and I went to Dunedin and we also met River, Lindsay and Svenja (Hazel and Will's cousin's au put, they live in Dunedin) down there. My main reason for coming was to stock up on chocolate to send home and to buy some presents for the boys! A few of the others did the chocolate factory tour, I couldn't really warrant spending the money on a third tour so I settled myself down in the cafe with a caramilk donut and a caramilk hot chocolate... safe to say I felt very sick afterwards but omg it was so worth it! We then decided to go to Larnarch Castle, but River's car wouldn't start! So we spent a couple of hours trying to sort that out before heading to the castle. I don't know if it's my British snobbery (everyone else thought it was pretty cool) but I was like is that it? The 'castle' (big house) was underwhelming and the gardens that looked huge on the maps were tiny! The cool thing was that it had an Alice in Wonderland theme so that was pretty cute! On the way home Emily and I graced Karla and Elena with our beautiful singing... mainly Disney and Bieber 😂 I don't think they were too impressed! Although we stopped off at the Moeraki boulders and they liked them!
Monday
We were going to meet Karla with ben and Tori today, but unfortunately Karla was not well! So instead I took Sarragh and Cillian down to Caroline bay with a frisbee and bat and ball. Sarragh found they frisbee golf things and really enjoyed it so at some point I'm gonna get he ma couple more frisbees from the two dollar shop so we can have a good go at it!
Tuesday
Today I met Julia at coffee culture, as I'm going to start tutoring her to help her improve her English. I had made a few tests (basically the same as the ones I did for tesol last year at uni!) and that's pretty much all we did today. I'm excited to be able to put tesol into practice again as I loved doing it!
Wednesday - Thursday
Haven't been doing anything to crazy over the past couple of days as Cillian is still recovering from being ill
Friday
After music this morning, we went to the play ground as usual but then headed to the library as they had some woman in promoting her new book with music and atories. Normally the library have really cool things on but this was super cheesy and very very boring for us au pairs! Luckily the kids had heaps of fun so that made it worth it! Afterwards, River brought Hazel over to ours to play and Cillian proposed to Hazel with a candy ring! Very cute.
Saturday
Emily and I were going to go out tonight, but as she hasn't been feeling well all week so we decided to postpone until my last weekend! So today I didn't really do a whole lot shock! The most productive part of my day was when I walked down to PAC n save to get true $1.49 tim tams!
Sunday
Today Emily, Karla, Elena and I went to Dunedin and we also met River, Lindsay and Svenja (Hazel and Will's cousin's au put, they live in Dunedin) down there. My main reason for coming was to stock up on chocolate to send home and to buy some presents for the boys! A few of the others did the chocolate factory tour, I couldn't really warrant spending the money on a third tour so I settled myself down in the cafe with a caramilk donut and a caramilk hot chocolate... safe to say I felt very sick afterwards but omg it was so worth it! We then decided to go to Larnarch Castle, but River's car wouldn't start! So we spent a couple of hours trying to sort that out before heading to the castle. I don't know if it's my British snobbery (everyone else thought it was pretty cool) but I was like is that it? The 'castle' (big house) was underwhelming and the gardens that looked huge on the maps were tiny! The cool thing was that it had an Alice in Wonderland theme so that was pretty cute! On the way home Emily and I graced Karla and Elena with our beautiful singing... mainly Disney and Bieber 😂 I don't think they were too impressed! Although we stopped off at the Moeraki boulders and they liked them!
Friday, 4 August 2017
Poorly Cillian :(
Monday 24th - Sunday 30th July 2017
Monday
Cillian wasn't discharged until just before lunch time, and it turns out they're pretty sure he has bronchial pneumonia the poor thing! He was feeling pretty sorry for himself so I think it's going to be a week of watching heaps of movies and lots of cuddles! We went for a short walk around Caroline bay after picking Darragh up from school, it was nice to get some fresh air for sure!
Tuesday
Pretty much did exactly the same as yesterday, except I made a heap of paper aeroplanes today!
Wednesday
Cillian seems to be a bit better today, still got his horrible cough though. It's such as shame as he's reasonably ok in himself until he starts to run around or get over excited and then he just coughs and coughs and coughs. I really hope he will be back to himself by next week as I hate seeing him like this... especially as I'm only here for 3 and a half more weeks! I got my last injections and prescriptions for Asia today... it still doesn't feel real... and it's such a bittersweet feeling! We just chilled out at home after Darragh got back from school as I was making dinner!
Thursday
Pretty much did exactly the same as yesterday... I love Disney films and all but it's not what I want to be doing with the boys so close time leaving!
Friday
Again, another sick day for Cillian but luckily he was feeling well enough to play some ,pre today ugliness to breathe too much - hopefully the antibiotics are working! I finished early today, but I might as well not have as Cillian had a sudden burst of energy and ended up jumping on me and beating me up whilst I tried to read!
Saturday
This morning I did some cleaning in the motel again as there were heaps of cleans but not many cleaners on as two were off on holiday. I find it quite therapeutic actually so wasn't too bad a morning! I then met Julia and Karla at Warehouse before heading off on a short walk around Caroline Bay and nearby. Mackenzie and Samuel were having another sleepover so the house was full and pretty crazy as usual!
Sunday
I went with Mary to take the four kids out for a walk this morning, and good job I did too as Cillian started to feel rough not long in but the other three needed to have a good run! So I stayed with them whilst Mary took Cillian back. They had heaps of fun at the play ground - even though Samuel kept eating the ice! We then went down to the beach and I had to keep running after Sam so he didn't go in the sea! Was rather eventful but pretty fun!
Monday
Cillian wasn't discharged until just before lunch time, and it turns out they're pretty sure he has bronchial pneumonia the poor thing! He was feeling pretty sorry for himself so I think it's going to be a week of watching heaps of movies and lots of cuddles! We went for a short walk around Caroline bay after picking Darragh up from school, it was nice to get some fresh air for sure!
Tuesday
Pretty much did exactly the same as yesterday, except I made a heap of paper aeroplanes today!
Cillian seems to be a bit better today, still got his horrible cough though. It's such as shame as he's reasonably ok in himself until he starts to run around or get over excited and then he just coughs and coughs and coughs. I really hope he will be back to himself by next week as I hate seeing him like this... especially as I'm only here for 3 and a half more weeks! I got my last injections and prescriptions for Asia today... it still doesn't feel real... and it's such a bittersweet feeling! We just chilled out at home after Darragh got back from school as I was making dinner!
Thursday
Pretty much did exactly the same as yesterday... I love Disney films and all but it's not what I want to be doing with the boys so close time leaving!
Friday
Again, another sick day for Cillian but luckily he was feeling well enough to play some ,pre today ugliness to breathe too much - hopefully the antibiotics are working! I finished early today, but I might as well not have as Cillian had a sudden burst of energy and ended up jumping on me and beating me up whilst I tried to read!
Saturday
This morning I did some cleaning in the motel again as there were heaps of cleans but not many cleaners on as two were off on holiday. I find it quite therapeutic actually so wasn't too bad a morning! I then met Julia and Karla at Warehouse before heading off on a short walk around Caroline Bay and nearby. Mackenzie and Samuel were having another sleepover so the house was full and pretty crazy as usual!
Sunday
I went with Mary to take the four kids out for a walk this morning, and good job I did too as Cillian started to feel rough not long in but the other three needed to have a good run! So I stayed with them whilst Mary took Cillian back. They had heaps of fun at the play ground - even though Samuel kept eating the ice! We then went down to the beach and I had to keep running after Sam so he didn't go in the sea! Was rather eventful but pretty fun!
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