High Tech

I had a little leak in my kitchen, then a bit bigger one, then a really big bucket on the floor one. The builder is finally happy that he’s got it sorted so I now have a hole in the ceiling and a high tech moisture detection system installed. 

Yup, paper, thin diary paper to be specific. The tiniest bit of moisture is going to show and if it’s still intact after the next rain we’re good to go for plaster and paint. 

New View

I properly started my new job on Monday and it comes with an amazing view. I’m on the top floor of the new building and we can see it all: weather, planes, trains, cranes, ferries and traffic. Here’s a sample from Monday (with moving box)

and Friday 

Blessing

Last Tuesday morning about 200 people gathered at 5.30am to bless our new archives building.  It was dark and it was very cold but by Wellington standards it was perfect, no rain despite the forecast and no wind at all. 

Staff start moving in next week, including me!  We’ve had our orientation tours which included a trip to the basement. They showed us the bike storage, drying room etc, etc but I was much more interested in getting an up close look at one of the base isolators. 

36 of these make it one of the most seismically resilient buildings in the country. 

All Change

Since last November we’ve been going through a change process at work. It’s been long and it’s been tough but as of last Tuesday we’re in our new structure. For me that means a new job which I’ll start properly this week, exciting and terrifying in equal measure.