These last 2 weeks have gone by so quick, but they've been so good. Two weekends ago the neighbor's invited us over for dinner. We had a nice meal and fun time socializing, getting to know them better, playing with their two boys for abit.
The only downer of the evening was that I was very hungry before we ate, but also felt abit bloated. We were having wine and cashews before we had the dinner and though I only had about half of my glass (which was quite small) it definitely didn't agree with me. I ended up having a small vomit outside. Andreas was great and very caring/concerned. Thankfully though I felt better then, and still stayed at the guests house to have dinner.
The next day we went to the Australian Parliament and explored that. It was neat and very infomative. We enjoyed it.
During the last week we went to Change the young adults group, and than last Friday evening we had a potluck dinner with Steve and Trish, Brad and Kate, Matt and Sam came along. Carly also stopped in for abit. These are all couples in their 20's that we made friends with during our time here. It was such a wonderful time, yummy yummy food and great company. Andreas and I definitely could see ourselves being comfortable staying in this area for awhile. But alas, time goes on and home owners come back.....and we would need to find a place to rent then. Plus there is still alot of Australia we haven't seen yet.
It has been hard saying good bye to the clients I have worked for with Just Better Care. Today is my last shift with one particular client I really enjoyed being with and developed a friendship with his family. It has been so encouraging to hear clients say they will miss me and that they really enjoyed my work and conversation with them. There were numerous lovely elderly people I had the privelege of knowing.
The homeowners Phil and Kathy came back from their Europe trip on Saturday. They have been absolutely lovely in letting us stay an extra four days at the house to finish up our jobs. We have really enjoyed housesitting for them and developing a friendship. We will miss Jack, he was a great dog and even Mitzy the cat was really warming up to us the last couple weeks. Sleeping on our bed by our feet :)
Yesterday evening I was treated to dinner by the staff of the Remedial Therapy Centre. The other job I will miss. I really loved the staff I worked with, we had many laughs and informative training sessions too. I also appreciated the clients that were regulars and that I got to know.
This has been such a wonderful experience of getting to know the Aussie culture and personality.
Tomorrow we leave bright and early at 4am to drive to Sydney (3 hours away) to catch our flight to Christchurch, NZ. We will be spending 10 days travelling the South Island. And we will be going sky - diving this Friday in Queenstown, NZ. Ahhhhhhh!
