The Squished edition!

So obviously I'm me, and anyone who knows me knows that I'm generally a little bit behind. So, in order to make up for it I'm going to try and squish the highlights of the past few days into one post. So, here goes! :)

Monday was Queen's day, which is the queen's birthday and a national holiday, so we did not have work. Instead, we spent the day at the mall I got a working New Zealand cell phone number, and was familiarized with many New Zealand shops and a couple snack foods and treats. In the mall I found a pair of cow hide heels. 

These actually still had fur on them! I found them quite amusing.

Further along in our mall explorations I found a large pink bunny onesie. It looked like something right out of A Christmas Story!

 

After shopping we spent the evening at Julie, the founder of Kidscan's, house. Julie is a really kind sole. Not only did she start a charity for children in need, she also rescues animals from her home. Julie is the proud mama of 7 cats 3 dogs and a hedgehog, all of which she herself found and took in, and which I had the great pleasure of meeting. The evening with Julie was fun and relaxing and a wonderful way to meet my new boss!  

Yesterday was my first day at work. After a tour of the office and warehouse I was given the job of decorating the welcome wall. I spent about an hour gathering different awards, recognitions, and letters from the children. I then went about trying to attach these things to the wall. My first attempt was double sided tape. Unfortunately  most of the objects were too heavy to stay up with tape. I then moved on to thumbtacks, and when that failed, nails and screws. After about an hour of trying to push, hammer, and screw things into the wall, it was decided that the wall was cement and nothing I could do would penetrate the wall. Finally, a fellow employee found a box of Velcro wall sticks. These worked quite well for holding things to the wall. Here is the product of my labor.

I finished the wall faster than expected, and after reporting this to David, my supervisor, I went out in search of something else I could do. I decided on doing the dishes in the kitchen. I loaded the dish washer, poured in the soap, and started it up. About 10 minutes later I heard a scream from the kitchen and came in to find that the dish washer was vomiting bubbles all over the floor. I had apparently used the wrong soap and the dish washer was going crazy.

I then spent 30 minutes cleaning up the mess I had made. Here's the dish washer half way through cleaning it. How else was I supposed to make a lasting impression, right?

After work I got the honor of going to Jess's dress fitting for the ball a few weeks from now. Here in New Zealand they call their Prom a Ball; I love that, it sounds so proper. Jess looked absolutely stunning!!! She's just as beautiful on the outside as she is within.

Today I did more office style work, I called nearly 30 schools and spoke with them about the possibility of planting fruit trees, I created a floor plan of the office, and when I surprised David by finishing all the work he had planned for me two hours ahead of schedule, I sorted through children’s letters.

My desk was covered in the sweet scribblings of grateful children! All the papers are letters, and the box is full to the brim. I could not think of a sweeter job to do!   :)