Hi,
Well, Mike has gone to Sydney now. He can't be far off landing as I type. He was up at 3:30am and away by 4:15am to the airport. Nasty flight. Toby and I are on our own. At least Mike is there (sort of) for Abby's birthday! Happy birthday wee Abby! Have a great day.
The weekend was fun. Friday night relaxing with Toby was pleasant. It's always a great way to unwind after the week.
Saturday morning we were up for haircuts, shopping and visiting the car stereo people. The MX-5 is booked in to get its radio replaced next Saturday morning. Should be good!
Then swimming - which went well. Then Mike and I split up and I took Toby to Waikanae for lunch and then a day walk at Nga Manu reserve. The lunch was superb - ta Aidan and Josh!
Josh led the trip and an ex- work colleague turned up with her son. That was good to catch up. Heard a bit of gossip from the old workplace. Jack came along too (Mike collected him from his gymnastics and brought him and his cousin (who is 23 years old) out to the walk too). Rex and his family came along too.
At Nga Manu there are reserved wetlands and aviaries with Kea, Kaka, Kiwi and Tuatara. The kids liked the eel feeding too. It is a lovely wee area. The walk was rather short though - especially for a tramping trip.
We went back to Aidan and Josh's house for a cup of tea. The Gilberts outstayed their welcome as usual and even had dinner there. Then it was time to zap back into Wellington as Jack and his cousin James had a family birthday party at 8:30pm.
We got invited to that too! Nice. It was quite late by the time we got home though.
Up early on Sunday to make a nice breakfast for Mike (pancakes, bacon, sliced banana, maple syrup and icing sugar dusting - oh - and coffee!). We were going to watch What Now being filmed at a classmate's house of Toby's but he was content to people-spot on the TV. Oh well.
We checked on Mike's parent's place in the afternoon, had a cup of tea with Sally and Andrew and headed home for a nice meal and Mike to pack.
Phew! Great fun!
Have a marvellous week.
Love,
Angela
Are you kidding?? I got gypped that you had to leave before we could look at the stars thoroughly. Next time you have to stay and we'll get the binoculars out!!
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