We are making progress! The day started well--we were no longer freezing, as we had figured out the house heat, and also the sun came out--it was a beautiful morning. I visited a potential school for Emily, and the kids were playing soccer barefoot at 11:00. A bit big, though (600 students) and we are leaning toward the smaller school we visited last trip, Silverdale, where they have a mixed 2nd/3rd year class (her birthday just missed the cut-off for 3rd year by two days), and they were having pajama day yesterday and did not encourage visitors, but sounded fun...I will visit today.
Driving is still a bit harrowing, between trying to drive on the left, shift with my left hand, and remember the eccentric right-of-way rules. We hope to buy a car today so we can at least eliminate the manual transmission part of the brain overload. Manford is not eager to drive, so we will start with one car.
We are exploring shops, and found a very tempting cake bakery, getting ready for Joseph's half birthday. They even sell half cakes. And a dutch cheese shop with huge hunks of cheese, and a decent Thai place we could walk to if I lose my driving nerve. We signed up for all sorts of complicated phone banking, internet banking, and EFTPOS (debit card) services at the bank, but forgot to get cheques (practicing--wait, practising NZ spelling), so we have to figure out today how we PAY for the car; we've got the money in the account, but may have to visit the bank again to get cheques. Or maybe they do it all electronically here.
Enough. We need to figure out how to get pictures on here. And take some pictures.
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