6 more sleeps and some bad news

Well what a week I am having.

• I (luckily) noticed upon checking my bank balance that there were quite a few questionable transactions on my credit card statement and was shocked to find that someone from Miami, Florida has hacked into my credit card and stolen a grand total of $1700 over the past month. Arrrrrgh. FRAUD!
• I am officially low in iron (which explains so much about my tiredness in recent months) and learned that my particular blood type is less than 3% of the population. The flip side is that in an emergency situation, I am a universal receiver (can receive any blood) but can only donate my blood to the same blood type. So, hey, good to know these things.
• My wee pooch Georgia decided to sneak off with and scoff down half a pot of Nutella and half a loaf of bread that was within reach. She really regretted it when she spent the whole day bloated, lying around like a beached whale.
• I’ve been catching up with friends and family before we go. And I’ve started thinking about packing. I am very much a last minute person (always have been, with exams and everything too). I love the last minute adrenalin.
• It is now LESS than a week until we leave my home, New Zealand, and not sure when I’ll be back again. My visa allows me to be living overseas for the next 15 months, so it will likely be my third christmas on the other side of the globe. It is always a bitter sweet feeling leaving - excited for a new chapter but also sad to leave my family, friends (and my dogs) behind. And especially because New Zealand is so far away - from everything.

But my philosophy in life is that it takes one door to close for another one to open… …and it’s verrrrrrrrry exciting!