Our Problems Are Only as Big as we Make them

Twas not a very good day today!

The plan had been to send in my application for my New Zealand work permit today but there were a lot of things dependent on this happening...

My passport is with the British embassy as i am renewing my visa so i can visit my sisters and catch a cheap flight from London to Auckland. It was supposed to arrive this afternoon but it is 18:45 now and it didnt.

I was at the clinic where i had a full medical examination last week...(remember the nice simple Doctor with the $US5000 watch?) where i was supposed to pick up the results of said medical examination! Alas! they were waiting for one more test result from the labs and so couldnt complete the medical certificate, the nurse was very helpful and called the labs and they sent out the results by post. Which means it will arrive to the clinic tomorrow. The only challenge is that tomorrow is a half day and i can only come and pick it up if it arrives before 12 noon!
If it doesnt then i have to wait until Monday as Friday is the celebration of midsummer! (longest day of the year where the sun doesnt really set)

My new employers (as from July) are supposed to be sending me a letter to attach to my application and they had already sent it, but the address they had was incomplete. They have resent it now and it was supposed to have arrived today Wednesday bu Express Mail but that too has not arrived.

To top it all off...I lost my wallet on the way to the clinic which had the cash for sending my documents to the Netherlands. Not a very nice day.

BUT...! Things could have been much worse! For instance...

- I could have gotten the test results and found out i have a debilitating disease
- I could have gotten my passport and lost it on the way to the clinic
- I could have been knocked over by a car and had to spend 2 months in hospital
- I could have NOT been accepted to this wonderful dream of a traineeship and NOT have a clue what i am doing from July 01, 2006!

OUR PROBLEMS ARE ONLY AS BIG AS WE MAKE THEM OUT TO BE!

So what if i send in my documents to the embassy in the Netherlands next week instead? What if i dont get to spend as much time with my sisters as i would have liked? What if I arrive to Auckland a few days late (Dont worry Nikita I will be there on July 9) The important thing to remember is that

- I do HAVE this wonderful opportunity coming up in a wonderful country with such a diverse team (more on that later);
- I am fit as a fiddle and healthy as a horse (well need to jog a bit more obviously)
- I have the love and support of those who are important to me in my life and i am willing to travel to the ends of the earth for them (no pun intended)

Right now I am going to go home, put a few hot dogs on the grill and watch the thrilling (I hope) game between Holland and Argentina!!!

eL