Its been a while since I've updated, so i will try to fit it all in!
Paul and I have gotten ourselves a house ( subleting from college students who are home for the summer) in Newtown, which is about a 5 minute drive or bus ride from city center. The rent is cheap ,and the people we live with are ok...2 czech dudes, 2 english girls and one chinese girl. It gets a bit crowded, but we make it work. I got a job as a relief worker for day care centers in wellington, but the work wasnt steady and very unreliable...so i got a job at the wellington regional aquatic center!
i teach swim lessons at the WRAC, and i am in the water for about 6 hours a day...i've been there a week and already destroyed my bathingsuit ( or Togs as they call them here) adn most of my skin as well. i now only use baby oil as moisturiser!
everyone at the pool is really nice and very helpful, and its fun being the one with an accent! its good work and i also have to train to be a lifeguard here...thats next week. i have to get back in shape, and i also have been practicing a 5 meter dive ( thats 17 feet, folks) to the bottom of the pool. yikes! its scary, but its fun too. I will also become a certified diving instructor there as well!
its strange for it to be so hot here and also christmas at the same time. we've been trying to get to the beaches as much as possible, and are enjoying the sunny days.
