Hi Loren
It's really hard to know how you'll feel - I keep trying to imagine myself there and the emotions/feelings I'll experience, but we'll never really know for sure until we're living there again. I still question all the time whether it's what I want and whether I'm doing the right thing by going back, but as it stands I'm still going in January! I'm expecting a bit of a 'dip' during the initial weeks and months, when I'll be settling in and may not have a job or somewhere permanent to live. We can always return home though if we realise NZ is not for us - at least we'll have tried instead of always wondering whether it would have been right or not. If you're going to be in Auckland I'd be happy to meet up with you at some point and we can compare experiences! Good luck with your move and I'll post again when I've arrived. :-)