Setting a Start Date
D-Day - 100 days
"I am going to send you an invite to a meeting." my GM said.
"Is this the kind of meeting where I should bring a support person?" I asked.
And that is where it began!
As soon as we knew I was being made redundant, we started to plan our Te Araroa South bound (SOBO) walk.
Some amazing friends offered to drive us to Cape Reinga and walk the first few kilometres with us.
A date was set and the countdown began!
D-Day - 50 days
First day of Level Four LOCKDOWN!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
"That's OK" we said to ourselves. "We will easily be at Level Two by 07 October."
And so the nervous wait began....
D-Day- 10 days
Now in level three. We will find out in a week's time whether we will move to level two the day before we planned to start walking! Keeping fingers, legs, arms and toes crossed.
D-Day - 3 days
With my bag pretty much packed, we watched the press conference with fingers, toes, legs and arms crossed.
Still level three! NOOOOOOOOOO!
Original D-Day (07 October 2021)
Our planned departure date came and went, and still we waited patiently (well, patiently sometimes!) in Auckland for news of when we could leave.
"I am going to send you an invite to a meeting." my GM said.
"Is this the kind of meeting where I should bring a support person?" I asked.
And that is where it began!
As soon as we knew I was being made redundant, we started to plan our Te Araroa South bound (SOBO) walk.
Some amazing friends offered to drive us to Cape Reinga and walk the first few kilometres with us.
A date was set and the countdown began!
D-Day - 50 days
First day of Level Four LOCKDOWN!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
"That's OK" we said to ourselves. "We will easily be at Level Two by 07 October."
And so the nervous wait began....
D-Day- 10 days
Now in level three. We will find out in a week's time whether we will move to level two the day before we planned to start walking! Keeping fingers, legs, arms and toes crossed.
D-Day - 3 days
With my bag pretty much packed, we watched the press conference with fingers, toes, legs and arms crossed.
Still level three! NOOOOOOOOOO!
Original D-Day (07 October 2021)
Our planned departure date came and went, and still we waited patiently (well, patiently sometimes!) in Auckland for news of when we could leave.
A New Date is Set!
The government announced the Auckland border will be open on 15 December. Woohoo! Change of plan - we will skip the Northland leg for now and start in Auckland by walking out our front door! Forrest Gump eat your heart out!
I love how with each set back you refreamed it to see the positives and made the bet of the situation!
ReplyDeleteAll the best with your amazing adventure!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to following your exploits. x
ReplyDeleteDays to do are getting few! Good luck. Richie and Caro
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