No better way to get to know your host family than....

Hanging up their clothes on the clothesline!!! Since my poor host mom has a hard time walking, I hung up her personals on the line yesterday, hehe. I'm glad I can be of help and I'm glad she isn't too shy to ask me to help her out... it feels like I'm really at home! They are sooooo wonderful!

Yesterday I walked to Johnsonville to meet up with Laura and Chelsea to do a little shopping for some essentials. It took about 25 minutes and on the way I passed (and took pictures through the fence of) the school I'll be teaching at. I also had to grab onto the railing on one occasion so that the wind wouldn't blow me over. You know how Chicago is dubbed the "Windy City" but it's really not so bad? Well, Windy Wellington gets its name for good reason. Even now the wind is gusting through my windows!!

That's about all I did yesterday... it was nothing too exciting. The weather got creepy... like, scary movie creepy last night so I just stayed in the house. Which was ok with me. We're playing around with the idea of going to the South Island for a long weekend, so we'll have to see if that actually pans out.

Right now, Chelsea and Laura are on their way into Khandallah to meet my host family and see my house and then we're going to head into Wellington for the day, maybe go to some museums, see some sights, all that jazz. It should be good!