The Upside Down Day

Today was one of those days where you aren't quite sure if it was a good day or a bad day. Where you want to cry but other times you can't stop laughing. We are still waiting on our work permits from China which is dragging things out a lot however I did fix the "japanese water torture" leak noise in the shed that has been waking us up for the past few weeks. I was lucky enough to watch my Aunty Kate ride in a competition and help hand out the ribbons, but I got an agonising headache from being out in the sun (yes, i had a hat on and a bottle of water).

I got a great laugh watching Bryan hide behind a door waiting for my Aunt to come out so he could scare her, particularly since she was hiding on the other side waiting to scare him but when I went to bed a millipede dropped on me.......I think this picture of my niece sums up my feelings.

The Jobs

So here's the big news. We have accepted jobs at Shaoyang University near Changsha in the Hunan Province of China. We will both be teaching conversational English to University Students and they are looking forward to us starting asap. Our contracts include a two bedroom apartment and meals. The school year has already started so they are keen for us to arrive but the visa process will take another few weeks. Therefore we may not be able to leave until early April - but once the visas come we are off!!!

The Country Trip

We spent a few days in the Clare Valley this week. We enjoyed the lazy time we had and also took some time to explore the history of some of the local towns. Bryan took some amazing photos and even won Scrabble twice. We solved the Mintaro Maze and had dinner at the Taminga Pub where we resuced a Border Collie and got her back to her owner. Still deciding where our next holiday may take us......

The Medicals

We had our medicals (for our visa applications) on Tuesday. Lot's more needles, chest xrays and even ECG's - quite an extensive testing procedure. Got the results today and all is good. We are disappointed by the time it takes to organise everything, could be a lot longer than we thought before we leave. So with plenty more time to fill in, we went to the beach with my niece Madison and fed seagulls.