Getting back into the routine

Hi everyone

My parents made it back home last night, and both went back to work today. I know they're both pretty tired, and actually so were Rory and I. After about three nights' sleep, we're both almost recovered.

It was really difficult to say goodbye to my parents. I've been trying to keep myself occupied since Sunday morning, and things have been busy enough that I've coped alright. Sunday afternoon was Nik's launch, so Rory and I went to support him. Sunday night we did laundry and cleaned, and Monday it was back to work. Things are much quieter at work now, so I've only worked a few extra hours so far this week (which is just as well).

Today was my first Business Writing class. It was interesting, and it turns out that I've been doing a few things incorrectly for years. The most confusing thing for me is practice vs. practise...practice is a noun and practise is a verb. Of course, Americans only have one version, so I feel like I'm back in 1st grade again with those little details.

It looks like we'll be spending Christmas at home. It is just too expensive to go anywhere at this point. We've definitely learned our lesson about booking things in advance here in NZ, and unfortunately we learned the hard way. At least we have Rory's fam's visit to look forward to, and we should probably save up our money for that anyways.

I've got my company Christmas party this Friday, and then afterwards we are going to a beach party at Oriental Bay. Rory's Christmas do is on the 19th, and we'll be spending the day lawn bowling and drinking a large amount of free alcohol.

It was so nice to see my parents. I'm going to keep posting pictures, since we have so many good ones. :)

Love,
Amy