Myeloma vs Jo (Round 2)

It will come as no surprise that since Sarah arrived in Sydney,  we have been out and about adventuring. Whilst this has improved my step count and helped the chemo go round,  I am also more exhausted as the drugs take effect and the brain fog begins. It has been a busy time. I’ve been selling some of the furniture that came with the apartment on Gumtree. Replacing kitchen gear loaned to us; buying things we like; experimenting with different recipes. As proud godmothers, we watched Nick, a fine young man with a mop of hair to die for, run in an end of season race. Although Sarah was itching to run too, a puppy was provided to distract her. Thank you Carolyn and Mark. Our standard route into the city is a walk over the Harbour bridge.  Exploring the arts we checked out the Archibald exhibition; our favourite was a gruelling self-portrait by a Mostafa Azimitabar, a refugee held on Manus island painting only with a toothbrush and coffee. He looks like an IT guy I used to wo...

A big day for us.  Our final morning owning our gorgeous home in Millbrook. We leave a well stocked garden with snowdrops starting to pop up. We had a major swerve in the search for our next home from Australia back to NZ. Neither of us could get the mountains or views or quality of life out of our heads and hearts.  My Haematologist was kind enough to let me travel and as I never pass up such a gift horse, I had a mad 4 day visit to Queenstown last week, to view property, decide what to do together, engage an architect,  sign documents, pack stuff for Sydney. There was just enough time to have a cuppa with Sue and Margot, hug Jill as she whizzed in and out of our kitchen, otherwise I kept a low profile and just said hello to a few friendly faces around Millbrook.  It was risky (touch and go getting a flight out with the snowy weather) but well worth it.  We have bought in Arrowtown.  Today, we exchange on a home at: 10 Suffolk st Arrowtown; A weather board...