I had a few responses of people telling me that I'm early in setting up my X-mas tree. I would just like to say, that this means I'm adjusting already. A lot of the Kiwi's have set up their x-mas tree already, some of them before I did. Besides, St Nicholas doesn't come here (or so I thought), so I didn't think I had to wait after 6 December...

I've had two very interesting days of training in Motivational Interviewing this week. I will definitely be using those techniques with my clients! I've read about MI before, but untill now I haven't been feeling very confident to actually use it. Beside the training I've had some orientation, and I've finally been contacting clients and reading their files. At least I feel like I'm really working now!

Some more news: I'm gonna buy a car! I've been so used to having a car in Belgium, and the wind and rain doesn't make it easy for me to NOT have a car here. It will give me some more freedom of movement as well. Being able to drive around in the area and visit some places during the weekend, or just being away from home and Invercargill. That'll be great! I'm buying a second-handed car from a colleague, a dark blue Mazda Familia. I've made a test drive this week, and it's a very nice car to drive.