Kiwi-corns

 Time flies when you have to actually work.  It's getting onto summer here and it's been bike to work season. It's super nice now that I only live 5ish miles away even if the path is really just a road shoulder. It's also nice it's not sweltering and you get that crisp, need-a-sweater air at night fall. The days are long now and the sun doesn't set till 9 PM. Sean has tested NZ healthcare and has been thoroughly impressed at the efficiency of it all. He's finally getting super cured! Ruby is also on the mend and getting her old lady arthritis managed so hopefully when my two roommates get it together we can go on some real out of town adventures.  Some other neatish things -Seeing the Clyde Dam which is actually built on top of a fault so it's actually a dam built in two pieces that can slide past each other if there's any seismic activity (not tested but it's a cool idea and hopefully it works).  -Planting native trees for work on Community Day....

 Sean's had a nasty cough the last 4 weeks and finally agreed to see a doctor i.e our first foray into subsidized healthcare. Note this is a man who has had two major surgeries in the last three years so we are well versed in doctor interaction.  Step 1: Sign up for the Queenstown Medical Center and get approved. This takes 1 day. Step 2: Schedule an appointment. It was the weekend so we decided on Monday. This was also pretty effortless- this was on Sunday.  Step 3: Go to appointment. It was slated for 15 minutes but that's all it took to get Sean diagnosed as probably bronchitis and get some meds. Since we have my company's additional insurance (comparably priced to American insurance) it was free but otherwise it would've been $65.  Step 4: Get antibiotics. This was completely free and you pick them up at a grocery store like you do in the USA.  If Sean's not better by Thursday he can shoot the doctor an email to get a chest x-ray, no ping-ponging back and fo...