Just an update, a looooooooooong one!:
We have a new Japanese homestay student coming on Sunday, her name is:
MOMO.
Serious, I didn't just pick her for her name!
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Gui's rugby is ending soon for this season, thank Lord Almighty!
He's a bit discouraged about his team coz many have not been turning up to training.
But then again, its uni break, so no students around.
Gui's been awesome around the house, cleaning, cooking, looking after Maeva while I'm studying, or feeling like shit.
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I'm still at WI. Still looking after NZAID. And still not sure what to do next.
My contra ends Aug-Sept and I may have to stop work so I can focus fully on the thesis.
These days are getting dreadful because I'm working all day and by the time i'm studying, I am tired and 'unmotivated'.
But - I'm drawing the boundaries now, today - I'm at the library, completing my tasks and picking up my poor girl from kindy.
Focus focus.
And my FB is deactivated still. so I don't get distracted.
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Maeva update
She has been a ray of sunshine the last few days...or shall I say, a ray of ozone rays that pierce through your ears and jumps on your head when youre unaware. She now sleeps in her room again, I just have to cuddle her for a bit then she dozes off on her own.
I still have to read her books (too many!) before she sleeps.
She has a better understanding of Samoan and french, since we read the books to her in those languages.
She keeps pleading with me to make her a baby sister and a big brother (!), so I keep reminding her that she has to do her (prayers)tatalo, so everytime she asks, she stops and prays loudly:
"Iesu, faamolemole!
Aumai,
Sa'u baby sister,
ma sa'u big baby brother,
faamolemole
AMENE!!!" ...gosh, I'll be in trouble if her prayers are answered and I get both....ahhhhhh!
Aside from that, she's been so awesome she keeps reminding me "Youre my best friend aye Mom!....and i love you too much!".
She's really into her dolls at the moment, so the dollhouse, farm house and numerous dolls are finally being used and abused and tossed under the bed and everywhere.
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Maeva doesn't call some of her cousins her cousins, she insists on calling them her brothers, so every time we discuss this, she says, "I have 4 brothers, Victor, Antoine, Jules and Tau". ...she definitely needs siblings, she claiming everyone, haha.
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Lani now has a permanent job with Auckland Hospital, so she's happy with that.
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Relle's in Samoa still, we're hoping to see her soon if her plans don't change.
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Omega and co were here a few weeks ago after Alex's pe'a, wish we could have Tau longer, he and MM are besties.
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Lina's pregnant with number 3, due in Jan, yay! another to the Jackson collage.
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Nani Jacqui has had surgery this week and Gui was talking to her on the phone, we hope she is okay, sad that we couldn't be there to be with her):
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Victor's birthday this week as well, hopefully soon he can hop on the plane and come visit us soon!
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Mom busy with her study groups. The rest of family are well, same headaches, different day haha.
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Okay, I better get my focus back, I want to achieve something before 4pm today, and its now 12 noon.
Wish me luck and brilliant ideas!
alofa atu,
Jody, Gui and Maeva Moelagi Becerra
