Now that we've been in New Zealand for a year its probably time for an update... no complaints from the peanut gallery, I did warn that the blog wouldnt be updated often and in our defence its been a helluva year. The entire immigration process has been a whirlwind and if we expected things to quiet down once we were here - which we did - then we were delusional.
In the last year I've had 3 different jobs, Isabella has had 2 daycares and thankfully so far only 1 home. We've discovered that Aucklanders while friendly are not hospitable (our kiwi friends number, well, 0.5) and that out of sight really is out of mind when it comes to a lot of family and friends still in SA.
We dont regret making the move but in hindsight we could have been better prepared for the changes that come along with it!
The big positives for us all relate to the safety we feel here in comparison to when we lived in Johannesburg - there are no bars on our windows, no electric fences (hardly any fences at all really), no burglar alarms or any of the other paraphenalia that formed part of our daily life in Johannesburg. I no longer work myself into a panic deciding where to put Isabella's car seat so I can get her out if we are highjacked. Maybe I'm paranoid in comparison to friends and family who still live very happily in South Africa, but I am glad to be free of the fear that was invading every aspect of our life.
I dont know if we will be in New Zealand forever but I dont think we'd move back to South Africa now that we know what its like to live elsewhere.
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I hope we don't fall within the out of sight category...We miss you guys, Jase wants to see the stamp pic, and thinking you had mailed it I didn't forward it home.... bugger.
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