here’s some good news. Our returning residence visas ran out a fortnight ago meaning that if we’d left New Zealand we wouldn’t be able to get back in again (despite owning a house and having a job here).
it was just a formality to go through the form filling process to get replacement visa as we met all the requirements for a permanent Visa.
and our passports arrived back today with a letter saying our resident visa is valid indefinitely. So that’s good. And is one less thing to worry about before our UK trip in December (which reminds me, i need to do the US transit visa thing).
i went for a walk round a car park at lunch which had some really good graffiti. i think it’s allowed so it’s all good quality stuff
i got home this evening to find the girls in the pool. they’d been swimming before esther’s tennis lesson and had gone back in again when they’d got home. i’ve been feeling a bit better today so i threw myself in too.
bit chilly, but it was worth it for the surprised looks on the girls face when they realised i’d caused the big splash ! it was 20 degrees when i got home both in the water and out of it though, so not tooo bad.