Secret Santa and the inevitable delays of overseas moving

It's been quite a week. Both fun, scary and sad things have happened. I will not say much about the scary thing because I'm trying hard to suppress that memory. Let's just say that I thought I was going to die on the NZ roads. That's one colleague I won't join in another road trip! She's a public hazard! For those that think I'm exaggerating, I've got 3 people backing me up in this.

Enough about that, on to the sad thing, so I can finish with the fun thing! My stuff has arrived in NZ, but it will probably take AT LEAST 3 weeks before it'll arrive at my house. That was a real bummer, for I had hoped I'd have everything before the end of the year. Good thing I have this amazing colleague (no, not the same one) who tried hard to cheer me up (thx Maria!). Anyway, I received all the documents today for Customs and MAF (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry), and they won't start checking, opening, fumigating, and whatever it is they do with my stuff, before they get these documents back. Fortunately I can email the documents back to them(there's a scanner at work), so that everything will go more quickly.

Last but not least, the fun thing, called Secret Santa! At work just over 40 colleagues entered in this fun game. Everyone who entered had to fill out a small questionnaire, asking about favourite songs, food, flowers, etc. Then everyone was appointed a Secret Santa. It was a week filled with presents, fun, secrets, mystery and paranoia, all thanks to Secret Santa!