All Things Equal??

Yeesh....this weekend was kind of a pain. We finally had TV programming installed only to learn that not all HD is created equal. So, remember on one of my earlier posts about Mike bringing his gigantic TV to New Zealand?? Yeah, it's the biggest standard black and white TV on the face of the planet. It has something to do with wave ratio or line ratio, who knows. I kind of start to fade when Mike starts talking geek. Anyhow, they make a converter but it's expensive. I guess it's cheaper than a TV, so we will eventually break down and buy it. In the end, we were all happy to have the TV back. Black and White or not.

Then there is the Disco, my car. The battery died at a most inopportune time. I have to tell you how irritated I was Saturday night having to get a jump from our new neighbors to go pick up Marty. Then in my haste I forgot to look up the address in my little map book thing before I left...under the good light....where I had reading glasses readily available. I was sitting in my car half laughing half crying because I couldn't find Lindale Ave on the map. I couldn't find New Zealand on the map. Dim light from a bad battery and no glasses just made for a jumbled mess in my tiny little book. I finally stumbled across a street I recognized and found my way to Marty. Then like a ding bat, I turned off the engine. AAAAAAARRRRRG....if I could have kicked my own ass, I would have. Then the interpretation chain began: me to Marty, Marty to his friend from Thailand (who speaks broken New Zealand English), the friend to his Dad (who speaks no English). The father finally understood what we were saying when his son said, "Dad, electricity BZZZ BZZZZ" as he gestured with his two hands like he was shocking someone or giving them a purple nurple. Mike was able to fix the battery with my kitchen scrubby...I asked if it would work on the TV. He didn't even crack a smile.

Monday was much better. The kids had their first appointment with the new Endocrinologist. The visit went really well. They were very organized and helpful. We were in and out within the hour and they spent a decent amount of time telling me about all of the government assistance that is available to us. It seems that we can get assistance monthly to help pay for the kids meds as long as they are in school. They also help to pay for the kids, up to age 15, to do activities during the year. So, if I wanted to send Marty to a diabetic camp I can submit to the government and they will pay the camp directly. I thought that was very cool. I did have some fears that they were going to be hard to deal with and push us to make changes, but when the kids A1C's came back...they realized we were doing pretty good.

Well, I still haven't found work. I did however pick up a two week contract to do some administrative work at Mike's school. I am supposed to have a phone interview with the Cricket Association of Auckland. Hopefully that will happen this week.

Until next time...everyone have a great week.