Hello!

Hello again!

It has been a while, and I apologize for that! I guess I took the break as a break from pretty much everything, for better or for worse.

So, my ridiculous break is technically finally over, but due to a stomach bug, I guess I get another week.

Details: You're not supposed to be in the kitchen if you have had diarrhoea and/or vomiting in the last 48 hours, and for the past few days I've had a fever and this morning there was a bit of those things. So, no kitchen, and thus no class today. And since we only have class until Wednesday, and today is Tuesday, that rules out this week of class. Hooray?

Let's talk about something else!

This past weekend was the competition, but due to poor planning on my part I wasn't able to enter it. My recipes were nowhere near as tweaked as they needed to be, although in hindsight, I kind of wish I had entered because the competition was much smaller in scale than I thought it would be. I forgot I was in New Zealand! Some of the categories only had one or two entrants - there' nothing like winning by default. It was kind of neat to look at what others had made (I'm pretty sure all of the cheesecakes that were entered weren't baked, which is gross), and some of the cakes were rather pretty.

And now, I'll talk about the break!

Guys, it wasn't very interesting except for the field hockey. I didn't really go anywhere other than into town because work is so incredibly unpredictable (the highlights being asked/told to come in on Wednesday evening on Wednesday morning/noon and being asked/told to do a split shift on Easter Sunday with no warning ahead of time).

I had work 3-4 days a week, and it was kind of ok because my role was starting to expand a tiny bit (I got to make some desserts! Well, prepare, since the pieces and such were already prepared). Still mainly washing dishes, though.

So, on to field hockey!

I got to play field hockey!

I didn't end up playing in that first game, because they didn't have a uniform for me and I wasn't on the game card, but I did get to watch. We lost, something like 5 or 6 to 1, but it was still neat to watch. I went out and bought the gear the next day, and I got to practice that Thursday (Easter week).

I did pretty miserably. But I did get an assist on a goal in practice! We can just ignore the passes I missed and the passes that I botched.

There was no game on Easter weekend, it being Easter and all, but we had another practice where I did slightly better but still not that great.

Then, we had a game!

We (Te Awa Scinde B Team) played them (Bay something or whatever). We were last in the B teams last year, and they were first in the A teams. It would've been painful if I weren't having so much fun, because we lost something like 16-0. Still fun, though!

What else?

To be honest, that's about it. Work, field hockey, messing around with cheesecake recipes. Still no word on the volunteering, I need to get back to them on that but it may also be nice to have a little bit of free time. We shall see!

Next time: pictures!