News for Asia

A quick update is in order because Asia has exciting news. She has secured a short term contract at Hutt Hospital until the end of the year. This all came about rather quickly and on a whim after her old boss dropped her the suggestion when she was in NZ two weeks ago. The plan is to get her qualification recognition application (so she can work in Australia) in before she leaves Melbourne next Tuesday. The idea is that she can 'get back in form' after a year not working in her profession which will hopefully make it easier for her to get a job over here when she gets back in the new year. So it will all be a little sad for us both as we say goodbye for a few months, but we both figure it is the best move for the long run.

Oops where did that month go?

I'm totally surprised that it has been a whole month since I last posted. It has been a busy month I suppose - well at least that is some sort of excuse. A few things to report. Asia has spent two weeks in NZ catching up with friends and I met up with her in the weekend in Auckland and we went to Anna and Damian's wedding together. I enjoyed the wedding, minus the prolonged catholic ceremony, and came away from it with the usual post wedding fuzzy feeling. Work has been extremely hectic in the last month - I've managed to complete a huge project plus fit in a trip to Brisbane for 'networking' in the mean time. On the running front, training for the Melbourne half had been going swimmingly and I had been gradually building up the kms to about 40 per week for the last few weeks. However, my right foot injury has reoccured and I have decided that the only way to fix it is to take a prolonged period off (hopefully less than three weeks) and let it heal. With the race only three weeks away on Sunday, this isn't exactly ideal for my preparation but we will see how things pan out.