Never Gonna Pay Back the Favours
Everyone has been so nice it's ridiculous.
Rebecca, Paul, Malcolm and Mike got WetaDigital to offer me an amazing job. Weta mostly paid for us to move here. James was graceful about me giving less then a weeks notice. John was good about taking on the extra work. The PersonalTelco board understood me bailing a month early on my presidential commitments (in the middle of an election). Gene and Tara let us (repeatedly) abuse their hospitality. The whole Seattle crew came down to see us off. Everyone bought our cheap ass stuff (even Lori who bought the fucking Explorer which apparently died the day after we left the country). Our landlady helped us squeak out with less then 30 days notice. Rudy and Marianne didn't lynch me for dragging their daughter to the other side of the world. When we arrived Mike, Rebecca and Tomek picked us up at the airport and took us out for breakfast. My parents flew up from DunedinNewZealand to help us get settled when we first arrived. Rebecca and Tomek let us stay with them and borrow their car. Michelle is loaning us her car. Mike says he'll help us find our own car, and everyone is finding spare stuff that we can use to fill our mostly empty house. I don't know how my parents did this twice with me and my sister in tow.
You're all saving our asses, or at least making our asses a whole lot more comfortable while we settle in. Thanks.
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