By January, it was crystal clear that Maki couldn’t continue with the online school in the US. It was just way too hard to wake up so early and then expect for any of us to be sane. Plus, Maki was lonely. Even though he was skateboarding every single day and had a few friends … More Turning point in January
December was a nice month in Christchurch. Our social life was picking up the speed at an impressive rate. Petra’s friends organized a surprise for her bday. Maki participated in his first surf and lifesaving competition that even included an open waters swim. Honestly, I was not comfortable with swimming in the ocean but he … More Summary December
There was a lot more skateboarding in November. Maki needed all the physical and any sort of social interactions he could get. He only had one friend Matai by then but Matai was in school and had after-school activities so we didn’t really see him enough. We also got invited by Olivia to a fabulous … More Life in ChCh is getting better and better with each day…
Making friends isn’t easy. We have been lonely for a while. Pepi is the only one that had some social life through Ultimate. We are bugging our next-door neighbors all the time and they have become sort of like our extended family. They are our go-to’s for everything we need. They helped supply our Airbnb … More We are looking for friends…
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