This is where I belong

[nishatalitha]

Apart from a little sun Thursday morning and two hours of dryness in town that afternoon, it rained for all the four days I spent in Tauranga. I feel cheated and let down, as clearly it never rains there. Parents house is lovely, if not quite them yet. There are lovely brocade curtains. That being said, it's not to my taste - I like character houses, lighter walls and a more ad hoc style of decorating. It felt a little overbearing and oppresive and very very contemporary. But they like it and that's the main thing.

Party was good; I caught up with lots of people, both relatives and family friens alike. Spent a bit more time with my parents new Tauranga friends, who are nice, but don't have the same spark that the Oggs had. Also met my Dad's secretary who is awesome and I really liked her (of the new people I met, she was probably my favourite) and a couple of other people from Dad's work who are also friends of his and are interesting people also. We didn't talk work very much though.

His secretary and workmates snagged me, one of the Oggs and one of my aunts for the Quiz, which contained both family questions and things like: "Who were the ladies in the snug" and "Name the first names of Biggles' three comrades" and "What is the Vulcan greeting"? We won - partly because of those questions, but not by much.

I flew out of Auckland (twenty minutes late) on Sunday evening, having arrived there via my sister's new house in Hamilton. I actually liked her house more than my parents, for all that it needs a lot more work. It has a fully fenced back yard, three bedrooms, etc etc. It was much more the level I'm comfortable with. It was good to get home again.

According to Land Transport NZ you can change the address associated with your driver's licence online. I didn't even know you could change it, so this is welcome information. Even more welcome information is the fact that you can renew your restricted driver's licence (of which mine is about to expire). This is kinda necessary (my other option would be getting a passport) since my Landonline login, which I need for work, is tied to the expiry date of my government issued ID. Of which there are three types: driver's licence, firearms licence or passport.

I picked up a couple of renewal forms (one for me and one for tamarillow today and wil get around to filling it out and paying the fee before it expires. It's cheaper than a passport.

Comments

[clockworkflight.livejournal.com]

I think getting a firearms license would be much more fun.