It is my wife’s birthday today. We celebrated by getting up very early to get a jump start on work before the movers arrive, heaving boxes around, having a nightmare at the storage unit, and it isn’t even 3:30. Not exactly glamourous or romantic. Such is life when you’re moving, even temporarily, across the ocean….

I’m usually a bit of an underdog supporter when it comes to sports; a rather common disposition. However, there are a few exceptions that I have recently been thinking about. First off, I’m a fan of Patrick Mahones, the QB for the Kansas City Chiefs. They have won the past two Super Bowls, and booked…

I’m about to hit the hay after a week focussed solely on packing, working, and planning. It’s been tiring, to say the least. I was chatting about it today with Ky just then; is all this crazy planning just chao seeking? Moving with a small child to NZ, then to Aus, then back to NZ,…

One of my sisters is due to be wed this November, and she sent out the Save the Date today. It’s probably the only event in one’s life where you get two invitations, the pre-invite and the actual invite. Thanks to the wonders of technology, the Save the Date is usually accompanied with a website…

Ky and I are moving out of our apartment next week, and so the packing has begun. It’s a horrible task. I joked with Ky today that we have been “reverse robbed” over the past two years; at night we have thieves breaking into our place, but instead of pilfering our possessions, they’re instead storing…

I went with a friend to the basketball tonight, and due to the team (Sacramento) and time (Thursday night), there were plenty of tickets available. In the US, unless something has gone terribly wrong, every game sells out. This is due to their dynamic pricing strategy; I’ve seen tickets for baseball games as low as…