It sounds like a good euphemism, but skating with strangers was the ice-breaker for a meetup group I found online. It could have been a complete disaster and half an hour before I left the house I really didn't want to go, but instead I had a lovely evening with good conversation, outdoor ice skating and Japanese food.
It was fun - I don't think I've been in an engaging, conversational group since I left NZ. Lots of one on one with Peg and a few night socialising in hostels but this was different. Talked about jobs, The Beatles (was Yoko really responsible for the break up?), books... All sorts. They meet every couple weeks. The next one's indoor paintball so I'll steer clear of that. Last time I attempted paintball I hid in the fort for the whole game and let someone else use my gun to win. I think it was sensory overload. I like laser tag but the whole paintball thing turned out to be too much. Anyway, I'll hit up the event after that - some kind of winter solstice festival.
Tomorrow I'm going to a film festival and Tuesday to the movies with a friend then this weekend I head to Hamilton again to see the famn damily... It's a busy week, which is exciting because it feels like I'm actually creating a life here instead of just twiddling my thumbs in a new city for a while.
Job status is still the same. Hunting, knocking, calling, applying... A business journalist job's come up and a "social media journalist" position, but the latter is for a private company so I think they really mean a social media communications officer. Still, I'll go for both and cross my fingers. I hear from a reliable source that the job market is just as tough in NZ so there's no point in going home just yet, right?
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