As autumn leaves fall

To start where i left of Snow patrol .... AMAZING for an ugly guy he had become a sex god by the end of the concert!! To continue my usual theme ... i cried.

Work has been soooo busy and I have had some very special patients, you know me can never help but get attached.

Sue arrived in feb and we had an fantastic couple of weeks ..... a trip to the auckland cup was great fun ... we didn't exactly win a fortune but we held our own, below is a photo of our treat for our wins!!

We then had a fantastic weekend canoeing down the Whanganui river, Sue was a gem she put all us young ones to shame. It really was the most stunning river and the canoeing, well my outdoor pursuits talents continued to ..... evade me. Sue and I capsized twice the first time we'd only been on the water 30 seconds. Damn it was cold!! Our boat was called Barbie and she was the oldest and had a bit of a reputation for "adventures" or so our organiser told us!!

Work had three fantastic nights out in March .... Turids hen doo, a conference dinner, and a leaving doo as Louisa returned to the UK ( i managed to resist sneaking in her suitcase). The latter was in this restaurant where i had the best seafood in the world and it was overlooking where the rescue helicopters are based so that made dinner dramatic.

Easter weekend was spent in Melbourne which was awsome ... my flatmate clems parents have an apartment there which was perfectly located, so we raided for the weekend.

We managed to cram in all the usual sightseeing

with lots of eating .... yum cha, and oysters the

highlights, plenty of fejoa vodka, the comedy

festival, a very special hot chocolate, an easter

egg hunt in the botanic gardens which was my personal highlight.

oh and a ferris wheel ride, firey cannons

and lots of debauchery in the pool!!!

Not to mention a shopping fix ... all those shops in one place ... wow.... felt like christmas!

I fell in love with melbourne what an amazing city I didn't want to come back.

The following weekend i was away with firneds supposedly to climb tongariro this is one of new zealands many volcanos ( last erupted in the 90s i think!?!) however we couldn't in the end as there was a weather warning!! Boo!! We did however spend the night in a beehive ( well thats what i looked like!!) and climbed a mini mountain ... but again the spa was the hightlight when we treated oursleves to a place on the lakeside at taupo the second night!!

News from home this month has included no. 1 cousin Heathers wedding ... CONGRATULATIONS!!! The conception of baby Dingo ..... congratulations Carole and Andrew, a special tummycam has been put in place so progress can be monitored!!

Other events; a Tango show, pilates ( i love it!!), and i think that may be it ... work work and more work .... oh no does this mean real life is setting in and the holiday period is over?? I suppose it had to happen sometime.

Baby Cameron is now a weekly visitor

... hes such a cutie!!

I think thats all the major nes .... 42 days till I come home to visit ... not that i'm counting!!! Can't wait to see you all

Hugs all round Ruth xxxx