Category: Invercargill

Kim’s Day;

Today Kim was on a much later than usual shift, she was due to start at 4.

Kim spent most of the morning sorting and organising stuff for the upcoming weeks. She was also car hunting and has found one she thinks she likes. She is hoping to pick it up on Monday!

Kim then headed into work a little earlier to get a bit of admin done and help set up for a function tomorrow.

Kim ended up getting in too early, got what she needed to get done finished and then she clocked out and headed to a shop for 45 minutes before her actual shift started!

Kim worked on the bar for the evening which kept things fast paced and interesting. As it was a Friday night it was pretty busy!

At he end of her shift Kim ran home and quickly changed before heading to the airport to pick up Curtis.

Curtis’ Day;

Curtis woke up early, around 07:00, to get breakfast and start the day.

Once breakfast was done, Richard called the couriers and they said that the package that Curtis and Richard were waiting for had been delivered and was outside the office, so they went to see if that was the case. There was a package, but it was a laptop and not two PCs which they assumed would have been in the same package! After calling the depot they were able to pick it up as it wasn’t going to be delivered until Monday otherwise.

Once it was picked up, they headed back to the office to get started.

Most of the day was spent there sorting out 2 machines and providing some training whilst being followed by Whisky the cat!

Curtis and Richard left the office and went to the main Op shop in town to setup a PC there and train the user.

Curtis setup another machine there whilst doing this but it took a long time to complete so it was left on to remote onto next week.

Time ran out so Curtis had to get to the airport. When he got there he got a lamb and mint pie as well as a cappuccino.

The flight was delayed and therefore Curtis missed his flight but was connected onto a flight 30 minutes later.

This flight was painless and he got back into Auckland at 21:50 where Kim was waiting for him!

Both of us;

We drove home and stopped at McDonald’s on the way to grab some food.

We got back and watched some TV and sorted out a few things for moving in this weekend!

This time last year!

Poroporoaki!

– Mr & Mrs Hale

Kim’s Day;

Today Kim was on the late shift so spent the morning asleep again! she then spent the late morning and early afternoon looking for a car. The new place that Kim and Curtis are moving to is much better for Curtis, it more than halves his commute to work, but now gives Kim a commute to work! It takes 20 minutes to drive but over an hour on public transport so its probably most convent to get a car.

Kim then headed into work. Once she arrived she gave housekeeping a hand with a few rooms. As Kim is not very trained in housekeeping she started by stripping all the beds and emptying the rubbish. Kim then went round and cleaned the glass surfaces, put the towels and toiletries in the bathrooms. After this, Kim ran around with the hoover.

Once the rooms were completed Kim headed down and hopped on the bar, this is where she spent most of her evening. Kim was then talking to a couple of the customers and they were mentioning how they would like to possibly do a function in the ballroom. This was very exciting for Kim as it would be her first function enquiry that she would deal with. Kim gave them some menu options and a little run down of the pricing. They seemed very interested, so one they left Kim followed up the conversation with an email containing what they had discussed. Kim also did a little paperwork for it too.

The rest of the shift Kim was taking orders and serving guests, it was a good and busy shift.

At the end of her shift, Kim sat down with another manager and had a chat while she ate her chicken nugget dinner. A brilliant meal after a shift.

When Kim got home she FaceTimed Curtis.

Curtis’ Day;

Curtis was awake earlier than really needed but he got up at 07:15 and started with work.

Once Richard was awake, they went down for breakfast. Once done with breakfast, Curtis basically worked on the helped all day. The machines didn’t arrive so he was unable to go and sort these out at the office.

Once work was done with, Curtis and Richard went out for some dinner. They went to a pub called ‘The Kiln’ which had a steak night on!

They each got the steak night deal for $15 and it was delicious!

Curtis then got a lemon tart for dessert!

They came back to the hotel and Curtis just chilled out. Tomorrow could be a rush as Curtis flies at 18:15 but the machines haven’t arrived yet so he has to get those done before 16:00!

Rush, rush, rush.

This time last year!

Poroporoaki!

– Mr & Mrs Hale

Kim’s Day;

Today Kim was on reception by herself again in the morning so she got herself up and into work bright and early.

She got in and set up for breakfast and then went around and opened up the bar area. Kim then helped arrange the outside furniture too. Once the restaurant had been set up Kim sat herself down and got all the paperwork together for the check outs. Throughout the morning all of the guests checked out and Kim monitored all of the emails.

During her 15 minute breakfast break Kim called home to wish her dad a happy birthday! It as kind of weird because here we are very much well into the day after his birthday but it was still nice for Kim to get to talk to him and wish him a happy birthday. It is weird doing the second round of virtual happy birthdays!

Kim spent the early afternoon organising the upcoming bookings and responding to emails. She then did a quick check round of all the rooms and did a couple of check-ins too. A pretty successful day!

Kim headed home to relax for a while in the afternoon. At around 5pm, Kim agreed to pick up a work friend on her last day of work and drop her off in another town, it was on the way to where she was heading and it was nice to have one final catch up!

Kim dropped her friend off and then headed over to a possible flatmate situation. This apartment was exactly what Kim and Curtis had discussed as their perfect apartment, one other person in the perfect location. When Kim arrived she got on well with the owner of the flat straight away, they ended up talking for about an hour about where they had been and how they had both ended up in a very newly rented out flat. At the end of the meeting Kim got handed the keys to the apartment so that they can move in with her on Sunday! Hopefully this is actually the last time that Kim and Curtis move while in Auckland. Kim is pretty certain of it, she has a good feeling!!

Kim then drove home, on cloud nine, and stopped at a shop on the way to by a celebratory chocolate bar. When she got back, she then treated herself to pizza and ginger beer for dinner and spent the evening watching YouTube videos and calling Curtis. A pretty successful day today!

Curtis’ Day;

Curtis woke up at 07:00, had a shower and then he and Richard went for breakfast in the hotel.

Once breakfast was done, they both did some work at the hotel and then Richard went off to a client whilst Curtis stayed at the hotel.

Curtis got a bit of work done whilst at the hotel, but it was fairly boring so he made sure that at around 14:00 he went out and got some fresh air and some lunch. He got a cappuccino and a chicken wrap with salad.

Curtis headed back to work and got a bit more done and helped out some other colleagues with work.

Once Richard arrived back Curtis went with him for a long walk just to get more fresh air.

They got back and Curtis spoke with Kim about our awesome apartment news!

This time last year!

Poroporoaki!

– Mr & Mrs Hale