Love Affair

I'm having a love affair....
With Wellington.
I love the beautiful seascapes I get to see on my way to work or on a run. I feel like I'm in a postcard. I love the quirky shops down cuba street, the bright coloured sculptures and the general brightness.
I love finishing a run and being able to wade into the surf to cool down whilst watching someone play fetch with their labrodore. I love our cute little flat, I love our view, I love our deck.
I. love. it. here.

Had a particularly good weekend, went Christmas 'browsing' since I do not have enough money to go christmas shopping yet. Cuddled a puppy (a very cute and soft puppy), patted a very friendly rabbit. Bought our very own grown up christmas tree, yes it was fake but I challenge you to carry a real tree down 97 steps.
It still needs lights and a topper but it's getting there. Finished Saturday off with curry, a movie and starbursts. BLISS.

P.S I had to put the strings on 31 baubles, but nothing can ruin my xmas spirit

happy song

runner's blues

So on the 4th of December (11 days away), it is 12 weeks until the marathon I want to run.
.....and currently I am banned  from running by the physio. I was allowed to go for an 'interval' run, 2min walking 1 min running, felt like such a loser cos everyone watching must of thought I was so unfit and lazy!
Not my fault people, not my fault.
But am starting to get seriously worried, that I'm not going to be able to start training in time :(

So haven't been able to make much progress on the to do list.

I had to find a GP in welly, and so I rang the closest medical clinic to me, and I get
"we're not taking any new patients outside of island bay"
"but you're my closest medical centre, where else should I go?"
 " I  don't know, ring A & E"
...bitch

I had to ring back and name drop my boyfriend, and call him my 'partner' *shudder*, to get in. I kid you not. It's like a bloody country club!

Update on To Do List

So it's been about a month and what progress have I made on the to do list.

I've got fishies!!! I'm pretty sure they're telescope eyes (love the name) but animates called them nymphs.

Turns out they're really hard to take pictures of. The orange and white one is "Sharkbait" and the black one is "Kermit". They're pretty lazy instead of swimming to the top to eat the food they wait for it to come to them and Kermit always missing the food and takes naps in the stones. 

Also volunteer wise I have signed up with the SPCA to do volunteer work but still waiting to hear back. 

And finally half-marathon, at the moment I am contemplating doing the Wellington round the bays in Feb. Also with this marathon there is the option to 'run for research' with the money going to the Malaghan Institute, which would:

1. Aid research in cancer, asthma, diabetes and MS

2. Help increase job positions for scientists struggling for jobs

Pretty good stint into the to do list me thinks

I'm Lovin' It

A lot of songs evoke memories of where I hear them especially if i was having a good time. This one is now forever gonna remind me of driving around dunedin in my friends car last weekend :)

Just a Short One

I have finally started reading Eat Pray Love, which kindly enough Julia Roberts is narrating in my head for me.
It's a very different writing style than I'm used to but I love it. So far my favourite quote is:

"The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than staying was leaving. I didn't want to destroy anything or anyone. I just wanted to slip quietly out the back door without causing any fuss, or consequences..."

Making some plans

WOO its been a while since I blogged sorry guys.
So I'm in wellington now, after 9 hours of travelling uuugghhh, which I was partially hungover for cos I went to my friends engagement party the night before.
I'v been thinking since I got here about what's going to be my next step, which I guess is wierd since I only just moved here, but its not exactly a step for me. Infact job wise I'm going down a peg.
But its started me thinking about what I do want to do jobwise, and I'd really love to do IVF, I think it'd be awesome to be able to help ppl have babies, 90% of ppl want them eventually and the people that struggle are always so sad, it would be amazing to help them out, make them happy :)
UNFORTUNATELY its a really hard biz to get into, you can do degrees at Monash, or Oxford, but fees are over 40,000 NZD....
So anyone want to give me a scholarship??
Have been doing some cheeky looking online and some place in perth is advertising for an andrologist not needing exp!! should I apply?