New Zealand!

So, two days ago, amid drinking of sparkling grape juice to celebrate our new year, Dre and I applied for our New Zealand working holiday visas. Today, we got email notification that we've been approved! We have until January 1, 2009 to travel to New Zealand, and can stay for up to a year. When we get there, we have to say we need a work permit, and then all systems are a go!

I want these next seven months to fly by, and I'm sure they will. We've been calling different places to find a reception hall, and we were both set on CSU. Unfortunately, they don't accept reservations until the end of April. All we really need is a big room . . . that isn't too hard to find, is it?

The only thing I'm a bit nervous about is finding a home for the cats for the year after we leave. I almost feel guilty for adopting them. Given, we took them in before the idea of New Zealand was on the horizon, but still. We'll just have to find someone who can love them as much as we do.