Some news from the other 'arf

An update after my first week (must be a record - two blogs from me in one week)

I have now been working for my Company for a whole week. Haven’t got the sack which is a good start. It would seem that I still have the reverse Midas touch however. I have had a property deal collapse around my ears, another sale complicated by the presence of a tenant of whom we had no knowledge and now the statutory time limits for a notice to quit are going to mean that the completion date is going to be too early. I had to draft Wills for a young couple and I’m expecting them to die before they sign them. A nice couple so I really don’t want that to happen! Trusts are very big here in New Zealand and I have not really got to grips with them yet. I was handed a couple of trust documents and a text book on the matter. I have just finished deciphering the forms, now I have to get the people in and explain what they mean in human terms before asking them to sign them and then witness them. The office manager is sorting me out my own official stamp which is highly exciting. Well it is for me anyway! It seems strange to be witnessing the documents as a solicitor. I’m too young for that! The compulsory grey hair is being added slowly to give me just the right air of authority.

Apart from work, it is officially the first day of spring tomorrow. Hurray!!! Do you think that the grass knows? I don’t think so. We are still feeding out each day and waiting for the grass to come up. The goosers are sitting on two nests now. I just hope that the eggs are fertile this year. Last year they weren’t and we didn’t have gosling. In turn that meant no Christmas goose. Cx, guess what I’m hoping to do for Christmas dinner? Any ideas? You haven’t worked it out yet? The goslings when they are all growded up become nice fat goosers and I like eating gooser. Ideas on a postcard. The hams are curing on the deck as I type this and I think they will be good for the whole Christmas period, they are that big. Nelson is to be spared the bullet you will be glad to hear. It was touch and go for a while but I think that ‘Rowan’ is the new ‘47’. Atkinson is a little worse on the finish side so I don’t mind ‘Rowan’ being a bully and getting more than his fair share of the feed. What goes around comes around or something like that.

Harriette has just got back in from Band at 9pm. That means it is time for bed! Take care all and sleep well. I know I will.