Herbert, Preston and Gustav

Weird title, I know and I'll explain it. When Lauren and I moved into our new room we decided to have a pet. It's pretty hard to find a pet here. There are some dogs, but they're not very domestic. More like guards for the house. There are some cats, but they are very scared. Also I found some dead kittens when I was walking around the village. A week ago I also found a dead possum, so what kind of animal should we get? In our old room we had a fly flying around and guess what, he came with us to our new room! So we gave him a name: Herbert. Herbert was a very good pet, not annoying. Sitting at the corner of the tv and that's it. He wasn't bothering us at all. One day Lauren left the door open and Herbert fly out :-( That evening Lauren found our new fly: Preston. He wasn't a big fly, like Herbert. He was so small. The next morning I was taking a shower when I saw a small black spot on the floor of the shower. It was Preston. Dying. I killed him!!!! I told Lauren and we grieved for our little Preston. We found a new pet the same day, calling him Gustav. But Gustav had disappeared. Guess we are not good for our pets, but than... Last evening we looked to our tv and who was there? Herbert!!!! He returned! He missed us :-) So now we just have one pet, our sweet Herbert on the tv. He is sitting there right at this moment. Starring at me. Sweetie.

Sunday: Heavy-headed I wake up at five and with sleepy eyes I had to find the shower. After a hot shower get some breakfast and at 6 am get the vacuum and clean the dinning area. Finish that and go to the reception. Sweep at mob the floor. Change the rubbish bins and empty the recycling bins. Throw the white bottles in the white glass bin, the green with the green and the brown with the brown. Clean the staircases, the windows, check for cobwebs and fingerprints. Making beds and clean a few bedrooms, just help the housekeepers with anything they need. That was my Sunday. My life is just like Cinderella, but no terrible stepmother or stepsisters. Well, I guess Lauren can play these rolls ;-)

Today I was off again and at 12 o'clock the staff had a BBQ because the school group who visited us last week had such a lovely time at the Park Hotel. One of our chefs Scott made lovely food and after our lunch we were able to get a doggy bag. So the menu has changed again: Macaroni and cheese with some salad and custard with some cake. Or pudding as the kiwis call everything. Pudding is cake, custard, pavlova.... Everything accept for the chops and sausages :-P

That's it for now.