So, this morning I got into a bit of heated email debate with the real estate agent.  Now knowing that I am well within my rights to walk this lousy arsed estate agency into court and break the lease AND ask for compensation ,I feel stronger and empowered.  However, the sad part is that we actually don't want to move so soon again.  We were happy to wait out the tenancy, I'm just fed up with us being treated like second rate citizens.  I emailed that the pool company still hadn't made contact, she replied that she'd never in all her years had any problems with the pool company.  I stated that we pay $600 per week which includes use of the pool and since we moved in on June 2nd, we'd still not had use of the pool.  So that's a problem for us.  I also asked if she' d heard back from punchbowl regarding the orchid.  She said that he (the manager) would give us notice before doing anything on the property. She didn't address any of our concerns, and I wonder if I hadn't have followed it up, would she have bothered mentioning it?  Its such a joke, I can't believe she takes our money every week and doesn't bother doing what she's paid to do, i.e, manage the property.   She said she's coming over tomorrow.  I wonder how that's going to go.  I have kept a full diary of events, so I stand strong in my point of view. 

In other news, I had an interview today for an awesome position, I really want it!  Its project management and its so interesting and varied.  Just what I'm looking for.  They've invited me back for a second interview, there is one other candidate.  If I get this position I told Steve I would like to stay for the duration of this project.  Once its completed we'd then leave Auckland.  Obviously this means another move within Auckland, there is no way we'd stay here for the rest of the time and have another contract written up.  NO WAY.  I would really like to be offered this job, even though I'm keen to leave Auckland.  I think its worth staying for. 

Pip is really sick.  She's just not getting any better.  Her temp has stayed around the 39 mark.  She squeaks because she's lost her voice, her eczema has really flared up.  She's not eating very well and is losing weight really quickly.  She's just not her self and its heartbreaking.  Moons has a dreadful cough and is running a slight temperature.  We have literally gone from one stress in the UK to another in NZ.  We've done a full loop, the girls' are ill again, Steve and I are drinking too much again, our lifestyle sucks.  The weather's been too miserable to enjoy walks along the beach as we had planned over here, and if it is nice, the girls' are too ill.

Would ideally like to be a in position to say, wow, look at us now, it was all for the best afterall.  We've had good fortune, but we've had truck loads of luck so bad I wonder what I did in a previous life??  Reckon I must have been Ghengis Kahn!