Preparing to move...

I had my last day of work on Friday.  I wasn’t as excited at the start of the day as I expected because I don’t think it felt quite real yet.  But by the end of the day, though, I could feel excitement for what lay ahead as well as gratitude for the first four months successfully coming to a close.  

I am spending Monday and Tuesday volunteering in the local bakery’s kitchen hoping to learn a few things.  Tuesday night I’ll eat my last meal with the family here, and I’ll have the day on Wednesday to finish packing, clean the cottage, and then take a 6pm bus out of Feilding.  I’ll arrive in Paekakariki at 8pm, and then I’ll have a few days rest with my new family before starting my new job on May 7^th.  Busy week ahead!

I’ve been packing this evening.  I’m not good at getting started, but since I’ll be gone the next two days and I leave for Paekakariki on Wednesday, I figured I'd better start!  When I was preparing to move to NZ in December, I was determined not to pack the day before I Ieft.  What did I do?  Packed the day before I left.  It’s a denial coping mechanism I believe- if I don’t start packing, then moving isn’t really real.  Even when I’m moving somewhere I’m looking forward to going, it’s still a stressful process and packing seems to bring that out.

I also spent some time today researching groups to join in my new village.  Ahh, social life :)  That really got me excited to have a new start.

I'll update on the move and getting more familiar with my new village once I've had time to settle in :)