nellV - the thinker

nell is being a good girl and doing her spanish homework.

actually shes not that good. she didnt go last week so shes a little behind.

she just said - shes not a little behind. she has a fat behind.
i didnt say it.

I'm a money whore.

Things are looking up for me now, so I can jump on Tara's positive thinking bandwagon.

Turns out I did mess up with my medical insurance and I will have to pay for the operation myself, but the good news is that EDS have asked me to extend my contract till the end of June. I didn't really want to, but that extra time will pretty much pay for it. What I won't do for money...

I'm all moved in with Jontie, or as Robbie and I are now calling him, Juantie. It's not such a long story, please feel free to ask me about it any time. It went more smoothly than I thought it would, and I have thrown away or sold most of the stuff I don't need and don't want to keep. It's made me quite a bit of drinking money, which is coming in handy over my birthday week. Yes, I get a week.

As Tara mentioned, we had our first Spanish lesson on Monday. It was loads of fun and I think we're going to be fluent in a year or two.

I had a fantastic birthday on Tuesday. Spent the entire day on Dave's boat out from Maraetai. Dave, Andrew (don't tell the boss he was there...) and I went diving in the morning, and then Anna joined us later for fishing. Lots of beer was had, but not too many fish were caught. Funny that.

Tara couldn't make it on my birthday, but she came over last night with a bottle of Veuve Clicquot, which we polished off pretty quickly. Unfortunately she had to leave before the crayfish from Tuesday could be put in the pot and et. YUM!

Tonight is the big birthday bash, and a good time will be had by all if I have to force it on them. I think I may warn work that I probably won't be in tomorrow.

espanol 101

we had our first spanish lesson tonight with tatiana from chile.
i cant roll my r's yet but we can count and we know the alphabet!
we have another lesson next week and i'd just like to apologise in advance for all the bad spanish we will be speaking for the next little while.

we've booked another two hour session for next week - as long as we keep doing our homework we will be fine.

Spanish lessons anyone?

Listening to Spanish lessons on my ipod just doesn't seem to be cutting it. Every time I listen to the lessons it's like the first time.
So Spanish tutor it is.
Since Tara and I are such social butterflies, we'll need someone who can fit in with us on a weekly basis rather than stick to a rigid schedule.
I found quite a few private tutors on http://www.findatutor.co.nz/ and sent out an e-mail to some of them. I'll wait till I hear back from a few more before I start making my demands.
In no time at all we will be able to fluently answer my favorite Spanish question: "Que ora es?"

paris for moms birthday

i've just been talking to my bro (ewi lives in london) and he is organising a couple of days in paris for moms birthday.

nell and i arrive in london on the 6th of august and moms birthday is the next day.
nell is not coming but i am really looking forward to it!

time to brush up on my schoolgirl french.

je ne comprends pas!
voulez-vous repetez sil vous plait?