The Thursday with packing

Hi,

I caught up with Andrew and heard the stories from their recent Australian holiday.  They were in Melbourne, checking in on Andrew's latest nephew (Mark's had a second child - and they live at Puckapunyal - hence the Victorian visit).

Met Toby after work and did some grocery shopping.  Got home and made sushi for Toby.  He scoffed that down and then groaned at the amount of food he had piled away. 

We packed the car up - Mike and Toby sorted the rooftop box out.  Skis all in.  Gear all in.  And into bed fairly early.

Up to drive in - and park not far from work.  I can see the car if I go to the window that overlooks the adjacent car park.  $22 - I will pay that for the convenience.  Had a coffee with Mike @ The Lab.

What are you doing, Mike?

Towel shaming - a damp towel, on top of a dirty shirt, on a pillow, on my side of the bed!

Machete iced latte with Andrew yesterday!

Come 4pm, we're all away skiing.  Yay!  Jase is heading off early with Jo and Momo.  We're leaving at 4pm after work and school (last day of term for Toby).  Celia is joining us.  Yay!

Choice.  Bring it on.

Love,
Angela

The Wednesday with dinner at our place

Hi,

Well, I didn't take any pics, so who really knows what happened.  Hahah.  But after a day at work with fairly normal events, I managed to snaffle a ride home with Jo.

We got home first (really weird for me) and I started to tidy and cook tea.  Sausage casserole.  Toby wasn't too far behind us though.  And them Momo - he was coming to do his washing.  Hahah.  We have bought his washing machine so he had nowhere to wash his clothes before he leaves in less than 2 weeks.

We watched Top Gear while the dinner cooked.  Then ate and were back watching it when Mike arrived.  He tucked into his dinner and then it was pretty much time to say goodbye to Momo and his clean (but wet) washing.  And Jo, who took him home.

Slept ok and then up for work and gym.

Hope your day is a good one.

Love,
Angela

The Tuesday with a bit of a kerfuffle for Mike

Hi,

Crazy day for Mike yesterday with trying to get to the gym, take the car in to get a new tyre sorted, getting a parking ticket for that privilege and then only finding a car park for the day for work that was going to cost $50.  Ouch!

Iced latte @ Machete with Sam

Sam also imbibing the iced latte goodness @ Machete

After work, I headed home and cooked tea for Toby and Mike.  Jase was at work already - we never see him during the week.

I was asleep fairly early I guess.  And up early to walk in.  Another stunning day here in the best little capital city in the world.

Have a good one!

Love,
Angela

The Monday that felt like Wednesday already

Hi,

According to the photos, the only thing I did yesterday was drink iced coffees.  The Lab downstairs makes a pretty good one - so long as I remember to tell them to leave out the shot of caramel.  Yuck!

Iced coffee - but it has caramel

Okaaaay.  Caramel taste.

Afternoon coffee - no caramel.  Yum!

I caught up with Holly to have Anooj a chance to chat to her about her job as a data scientist.  Cool job title.

Got away home and Mike caught the same bus and then we cooked tea.  Chicken stir fry.  Mine with haloumi and paneer.

Then off to bed, really.  Mike sorted stuff out for the weekend coming. 

I need a decent sleep.  Hopefully tonight.

Have an awesome day.

Love,
Angela

The weekend in Wellington

Hi,

I got to catch up with Philippa on Friday morning at Machete.  We went to Nepal with her and we hadn't caught up for ages.  It was so good to see her.

We had a school appointment at 3:30pm on Friday, so Mike and I took off from work a bit earlier than usual to meet Toby and head to the appointment.  Only... Toby got the time wrong and thought it was at 4:30.  Mike and I went to visit the teacher without Toby.

We got a sneak peek at Toby's report - it was ok.  The teacher seemed to think it was better than what Mike and I thought it was.  Toby did get some good marks - but also missed some by a few marks too.  At least now he has a plan for his study for the final exams.

Friday iced latte goodness with Philippa 

We met Toby in town afterwards and discussed the teacher meeting - and fed Toby.  I had just been to watch Jo get her third tattoo, and Mike had said to Toby it was me getting it.  Toby was out of sorts at dinner and I asked why.  And he said all his life's values were thrown upside down because I got a tattoo. 

Huh?

Snort!  Funniest thing ever!  As if I'd get one.

Anyway, we dropped Toby home, got some warmer clothes for Mike, and headed back to Princess Bay for fish n chips and a fire night.  Jo, Momo, Elly and Bri.

Princess Bay

Fish n cips

Fire!

It was such a lovely evening

Back to Jo's for a warm cup of tea afterwards and then home.  Up Saturday early - but I had a headache.  So Mike took Toby into his appointment. 

Then it was off to brunch at Prefab.  This might be one of my faves now.  Their iced coffee was good (except they need sugar syrup).  My food was good.  The place was buzzing and I enjoyed it.

Ok - Prefab might be a frontrunner in the brunch stakes

Back to chill on the deck in the sun at Jo's house before heading home.  Mike and Toby went to Momo's house to pick up the washing machine we bought off him.  They had a bit of an epic battle but got it home ok.  Then we all jumped in the car and took Toby to Tessa's house for movie night and us to Jo's house (via a supermarket hunt for various things for making tiramisu) for roast dinner.

The roast was spectacular.  And Elly made vege quiche which was scrumptious too.  Yay.

Sunday was declutter day.  Mike made our bedroom an amazing place again.  I helped Toby a bit with his room - at least you can cross it without having to jump things now.  And we put up the whiteboard to help him organise his last few weeks in Year 11.

Jase had a lazy Sunday watching TV and playing games - he'd missed his train on Saturday night by 5 mins when the chef didn't let him leave on time.  :-(  So we collected him on our way home from Jo's - but I think he enjoys his job apart from that one chef that is a bit more grumpy than he needs to be.

Right.  Time for the week to gather pace.  Hope yours is a good one.

Love,
Angela

The Thursday with not a lot - again

Hi,

No iced coffee dates even.  OMG - I am missing Andrew.  Hahahah.   Not that he is just an excuse to have an iced coffee.  :-p  Work was slightly manic and I was operating at some weird level for most of the day. 

I wandered up to the car at 5.30pm and collected Mike from his haircut at Maggies before heading to Animates and stocking up on kitty litter.  You now have to skirt around bags of the stuff at the front door where it was inconveniently left.  Hahahah.

The cleaners came though - so the house is not as crazy messy as usual.  Just normal crazy messy. 

I cooked tea for the boys (spag bol night) and enjoyed pesto pasta myself with them.  Then it was time for bed, really.  Dunno what happens some evenings.

Up early to drive in for my Spin class.  We have a school appointment today with Toby and his ropu teacher (form teacher) and then we're eating fish n chips on the beach with Momo and all his mates.  One last beach party before he leaves to go live in Glasgow.

Woot!  Bring on the weekend.  A Wellington weekend where we intend to haul our house back into line.  Yeah, good luck with that.

Have an awesome weekend.

Love,
Angela

The Wednesday with not a lot

Hi,

Yeah - not a lot happening.  Although Mike went home from work with another migraine.  He is getting a fair amount lately.

Sunset just as stunning as the sunrise was...

Blossom and moon

A bucket of iced coffee from The Lab - with Bruce

My run was hard!  169 beats per min for the 30 min run

I did get a coffee with Bruce, down from the AKL office.  That was a good catch up.  Turns out he started two months before me.  So we've been at our workplace a long time now.

It was also exercise central for me yesterday.  Walked in.  Spin.  Run (that Serge joined me and Mary for).  So, I was a bit broken (read:  physically tired).  I skipped Spin.  Caught up with Toby.  Took him to sushi and then we drove home.

Sorted out tea for the boys.  And eventually went to bed.  Bit of laundry.  Not a lot else.  Mike helped his mother with her computer woes.  Sorted that!  Ooosshh!

Another gorgeous day here today!

Have a good one.

Love,
Angela

The Tuesday that should have been a Thursday

Hi,

How can it only be Wednesday this morning?  I have been at work for 5 days already this week, I am so sure.

Anyway.  What happened yesterday?

I had a lovely lunch with Chenda, Prasad and Pri at the Arborist.  Prasad and Chenda had work vouchers so I was free-loading happily off their winnings.  The iced coffee was actually pretty good.  But I didn't enjoy my fried tofu bowl.  There was something boring about it.

Probably the vegetables.

Wednesday morning walk in

Harbour looking stunning

Hutt Valley this morning

I got home at 7pm and picked Jase up from the station as he had a short working day.  No one was eating out.  At least, not in Khandallah.

As he and I prepped dinner, Jo decided to turn up.  Momo texted me about his inventory.  And Mike asked for a lift home.

I fended off messages and continued cooking.  Hahah.  Chicken schnitzels - but I had no breadcrumbs.  So I crushed up Weet-Bix.  And Toby said the dinner was good.  So I did well.

Moxley in the sleeping bag

We watched two episodes of Wynonna Earp before sleep was trying to claim me right there on the couch.  Jo headed home, Jase headed to bed and before I knew it, I was fast asleep in bed too.

Spin last night was fun!

Iced coffee @ The Arborist

My walk in this morning was stunning.  Wellington was putting its best foot forward this morning.  Any visitor will be trying to move here now.

Hope your day is a good one.

Love,
Angela

The Monday back at work

Hi,

It was great to catch up with Andrew before he heads to Melbourne with Sally to meet up with Aidan and Janne.  I hope they both have a great time.

Happy Monday iced latte with Andrew

Meanwhile, back at the ranch - same old, same old.  Hahahah.  Went to Spin after work and met up with Mike for the bus ride home.  Cooked tea while he cleaned out the fridge of dead food.  Jase helped me.  Chicken fajitas.  Except for me and Jase - vege ones.

Had a restless sleep - not nearly as restless as Mike's though.  And off to work to do it all again.  Minus the iced latte dates with Andrew.  :-(

Have a fantastic day.

Love,
Angela

The weekend in Wellington but jam packed with stuff

Hi,

We had a Wellington weekend but it seemed to be absolutely packed with things to do - and get done.  Some got done.  Some... well, there is always next weekend.

Friday night was quiz night @ my work.  And we came third.  Oosshh.  Thank you to my team-mates:  Celia, James, Sally M, Dave and Jo.  It was such fun - so thank you to the organisers - and amazing effort to get the quizmaster chap from Sprig and Fern.

Iced latte @ Machete with Andrew

The fun didn't end there.  Oh no.  Off to karaoke with Celia, James, Mike, Jo and Joycie.  And joined by Jase after his work ended and he trained into town.  Cool!

Blurry karaoke

And, even then, the fun didn't end.  Off to Maccas for a bit of food, before parting ways with Celia and James.  Then off to Ivy. 

Jase and Jo @ Ivy

Mike and I lasted 1.5 hours there - which I think it pretty amazing.  We headed home at 12.30am.  Yes, the am!  I had driven in, so it was easy to pick up the car.   I fell into bed, but couldn't sleep for ages.  And stupidly woke at my usual 5.45am time.  Aarrgghhh.

Smudge cuddles

Saturday afternoon

I picked up Jase from Jo's house in the morning, and collected Maccas for brekkie for everyone.  Chatted to Jo via What's App and decided she needed brekkie too. Delivered that to her and then watched some TV there.  Wynonna Earp.  An update on the Buffy genre - and a bit of fun.

Toby had mates over for filming for drama and just hanging out.  Mike and I were off to see Amy Shark at Hunter Lounge at Vic Uni.  Mike knew nothing about her music so I played two or three songs of my favourites on the way.  We were early and doors hadn't opened and with Mike just in a t-shirt we went to sit in the Hub area. 

Eventually we went back, and found a huge queue.  Hahahah.  Still got a good spot in front of the stage about 4 people back.  And listened to the support act - Neil McLeod - who was playing his guitar and had some nice, mellow music.

At 9.20pm Amy came on and to Mike's surprise, she busts out a far more rock sound live!  He was slightly concerned that she might have been a bit too pop like for his tastes.  But she rocked it.  And she loved it - that was obvious.  So, good on her - and what an awesome night.

Another late night.  And I was so tired I slept through to 9am!  Wow!

I dropped Jase off in town to meet Jo and I went grocery shopping.  Back home to quickly change into gym gear and ask Toby to put the groceries away.

Toby's mates left at midday-ish and Mike and I went to his Personal Trainer's (Quentin) cardio session at the gym.  OMG - it killed me.  I am not really fit at all and I need more full body cardio stuff.  Weights.  I need more weights in my life.

Got home and showered and got ready for Sunday roast at the Bresolin.  Met Jase and Jo there, and Momo, Janine and Ana all arrived too.  Enjoyed some polenta and mushroom dish before sharing a dessert with Jase. 

He looks amazing - Jo took him to the barber and then clothes shopping. 

And - then home (after dropping people off).  Fell into a coma-like sleep.  Off to the gym Monday morning and the week looms.

Have a great day!

Love,
Angela

Concerts we've been to

OK so it was quite scary when we realised we couldn't remember just how many times we've seen Bruce Springsteen play.  So it's time to obsessively catalogue all the Bruce Springsteen concerts we've been to. And if those concerts, why not all the others?

This will be a work in progress as we drag memories out of our aging heads and stumble across old concert T-shirts in the back of the cupboard. We'll also try to tidy it up and put some photos and memories in to make it more than just a boring list.

Bruce Springsteen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_of_Tom_Joad_Tour

15 Feb 1997 at Palais Theatre, Melbourne
16 Feb 1997 at Palais Theatre, Melbourne
17 Feb 1997 at Palais Theatre, Melbourne

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rising_Tour

2001 - 7 times - London, Birmingham, Bremen, ...

14 Oct 2002 Paris  

27 Oct 2002 London - Wembley Arena
24 May 2003 Paris - Stade de France (Angela and Sally)

Angela and Sally went while Andrew and I stayed in our hotel looking after Toby and watching Eurovision. Grande Bretagne - Nul Points.

May 26, 2003 London - Crystal Palace National Sports Centre

We have no idea what we did with Toby.

http://brucespringsteen.net/shows/2013
20/21/22 March 2013, Sydney. Of course, there are the three Bruuuuuuce concerts Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 

1/2 March 2014 Auckland

There's another two Melbourne ones in here somewhere - the best concerts I've been to.

http://brucespringsteen.net/shows/2017
18 Feb 2017 Hunter Valley
21 Feb 2017 Chch
25 Feb 2017 Auckland

Hunters and Collectors

2 May 1993 - Sammys, Dunedin
14 Jun 1994 - Hillcrest Tavern, Hamilton
17 or 18 Jun 1994 - Vic Uni Hall, Wellington
4 Mar 1997 - Queen Elizabeth Park, Masterton
6 Mar 1997 - Mark Seymour at Bar Bodega, Wellington
Power Station
Melbourne (with Bruce Springsteen)

Everyone else

Before 1995

Mid Nov 1991 - Dire Straits at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne (Angela)
14 Dec 1991 - Dire Straits at Lancaster Park, Christchurch (Mike)

1 Feb 1993 Guns and Roses at Calder Park, Melbourne (Angela) - the LEGENDARY one!
https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/guns-n-roses-1993-calder-park-concert-20170210-gua5cu.html

13 Mar 1993 - Split Enz at Addington Showgrounds, Christchurch

1995-1997 in Wellington

25 Nov 1995 - Eagles and Melissa Etheridge at Western Springs, Auckland
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/eagles/1995/western-springs-stadium-auckland-new-zealand-5bdce388.html

Bryan Adams
Melissa Etheridge
Tina Turner
Alanis Morrissette (TSB Arena)
Live (Throwing Copper @ TSB)

1997-2003 in London

25 Jul 1998 Pulp (at Finsbury Park)
22 Aug 1998 V98 festival
May 1999 Meatloaf (Wembley Arena)
14 Jul 1999 Alanis Morrissette (Wembley Arena)
9 Jul 2000 Elton John (Hyde Park)
9 Jun 2002 - New Order (at Finsbury Park)
24 Jul 2002 Meatloaf (Hyde Park)

Paul Kelly (Shepherds Bush Walkabout, London Astoria)
Neil Finn (Royal Albert Hall, Hammersmith Apollo)
Brian May (Royal Albert Hall)

2003-2007 - Melbourne

25 Jun 2005 The Wiggles!
1 Oct 2005 - Brum!

2007-2020 - Wellington in the Before Times

31 Aug 2010 - Gin Wigmore at Techfest
18 Feb 2012 - Gin Wigmore & The Muttonbirds at  The Mud House Winery, Waipara
19 Dec 2014 - Jethro Tull at St James Theatre, Wellington

21 Nov 2015 - Florence + the machine at Spark arena, Auckland (just Angela)

28 Nov 2015 - Gin Wignore, Opera House, Wellington

5 Apr 2018 - Nadia Reid at the Wellington Art Gallery
12 Apr 2018 - Sheryl Crow & Melissa Etheridge at TSB Arena, Wellington
7 July 2018 - Swamp thing at Rogue and Vagabond
1 Sep 2018 - Pink at Dunedin Stadium
16 Sep 2018 - Amy Shark at Hunter Lounge, Vic Uni

5 Feb 2019 - Gin Wigmore, Opera House
7 Mar 2019 - John Farnham, Michael Fowler (Angela)

30 Mar 2019 - The Boss, Upper Hutt Cossie Club (Mike)

2022 - Wellington in the After Times

26 Jul 2022 - Spacey Jane and Park Rd at Shed 6

The Thursday with movie night

Hi,

Not too shabby a day yesterday.  Got some quiz practise in during the day with Sally (work Sally) and made it through the day unscathed by life.  Always a bonus! 

Jo and Momo took me home in Jo's car - ready for dinner and movie night.  Mike wasn't too late and Toby wasn't far behind him.  We all ate tea - macaroni and cheese.  Not as good as my mother's one.  And according to Jo, not as good as hers either.  Well, there you go.  I will continue to strive to surpass the masters of macaroni cheese that pervade my life.  Stretch goal, but I am up for the challenge of it.

:-p

We watched Get Out.  Mike was jumping constantly.  It was a bit of a thriller that turned into a gore fest right at the end.  I especially liked the use of the stuffed deer head antlers to stab the baddie.  Snort!!

More daffodils

Farming Friday iced latte with Andrew

Moxley watched the movie too

Momo and Jo left to meet Denny and sell Jo's skis to her and I fell into bed, sure I would take ages to fall asleep.  But next thing I knew - it was time to get up.

Weekend!  Woot!

Quiz night tonight.  Amy Shark tomorrow.  And lots of tidying the house.

Have a good one!

Love,
Angela

The Wednesday with not a lot

Hi,

Not a lot happened - I didn't even get an iced latte visit in.  Hahah.  I did get two Spin classes in - so at least exercise happened.

I went home and cooked tea for Toby and me.  He got butter chicken and I switched out chicken for paneer.  Yum.

I did a lot of tidying - but you can't really tell.  Toby helped a lot too.

Mike was out with his curry club and didn't get home until late.  I was basically asleep so I barely recollect anything from when he came to bed.

And - today is another day.

Hope you have a great one.

Love,
Angela

The Tuesday with nothing much

Hi,

Nothing much - except a lot of coffee @ Machete.  Hahah.  I did catch up with Andrew for lunch and got Mike's helmet off him.  Yay!  And Andrew and Sally are away next week to Melbourne.

Ed's thumb, James and me having a Machete iced latte

And later with Andrew to retrieve Mike's helmet

Went to Spin after work as an extra bit of exercise - and then met Toby outside Arty Bees and headed home together on the bus.  He was filming for Drama class somewhere.

He got off at Wadestown shops for a fish n chips dinner and I headed home to try and sort out my life a bit.  That didn't happen - although I did hang out one load of washing.  The house is a complete tip.  It needs an intervention.

This weekend, apparently.

Right.  Hope your day is a good one!

Love,
Angela

The Monday back at work

Hi,

After work, I co-ordinated with Mike as he had no cash and no money on his Snapper.  I said I would let him know what bus I was on.  Little did I know, he didn't have his phone out.  I packed up and switched to texting him instead of emails.

Fortunately he checked his phone about the time I actually got on a bus.  So he packed up and hurtled out and got on.  I threw money at him from my seat and he paid in cash.  Hahahah!  Gilbert Plan success!

Bri, me, Jo and Momo - a Bri selfie on the chair Sunday morning

Under the duvet - again

Exploring the deck

Was that a bird?

Cooked tea - chicken fajitas for all.  Vege ones for me (well, onion, mushrooms, capsicums).  So good.

And... didn't tidy up much.  Although some laundry got done.

Had a good sleep - and hopefully everything goes to plan today.

Enjoy yours.

Love,
Angela

The weekend in Massey Hut at Turoa

Hi

We left work on Friday and got a bit distracted by beer and chips at Husk with Momo, Jo and Andrew.  But eventually Mike and I got home and got burgers for Toby.  The weather for Saturday was supposed to be awful at Turoa so we changed our 4am getaway to a 7am getaway.

Daffodils in the garden

Toby was critical-path boy and we were a bit late collecting Jo from her house.  We were more like 7.20 than 7am.  We got maccas from around the corner from her house and ate that int he car to varying success as we drove up SH1.

A leisurely drive up - we got to Massey Hut on Turoa around 11.30am.  Found ourselves a bed and emptied the car.  Janine and Bre were trying to turn on the generator which wasn't straight forward.  But that was nothing compared to turning on the water.  Mike and Andrew arrived in Jacqui's car and set to shoveling snow off where they think the water tanks were located.

After furious digging (there was a lot of snow and I think the designers had no brain) they found the tanks, opened the trapdoor and sent Andrew down 2m to turn on the water.

Meanwhile, Jo put her fire-making skills to good use and started the one inside the hut.  It burned coal - a bit different to the usual hut fires.  She got pretty dirty - so she was happy once they turned on the generator for the water pump and the water itself.  Hahah.  

Tip to anyone:  carry wet wipes when you are with Jo.

Anyway, the weather was awful - windy and snowing off and on.  But some decided to try the skiing.  Others (without seasons passes etc) decided that was dumb.  There were times when I think the ones that stayed in the hut called it right.

Long queues and a short run, in dodgy weather.

I think she's faking that smile - the queues were so long

My view for most of Saturday

We had 3 runs on Park Lane, the only lift running, in 2.5 hours.  The queue was so slow.  It was a triple, and non-detachable.  So it could not keep up.  The snow was good.  But the run took 15 minutes, if you really dawdled.  Lots.

However, at 3.30pm, we decided to re-locate to the cafe.  When we were scoffing a scrumptious hot chocolate in the cafe (thanks Jo!), Jo noticed that Movenpick had opened at about 3.50pm.  We threw our gear back on, skulled the hot chocolate, and leapt on.  Got two runs in before they closed the lift.

Yay!

Back to Massey Hut and cooked tea.  The dinner was a great chicken fajitas meal - brilliant.  I had a vege one - mushrooms, capsicum and onions.  Mmmm.  I think Toby ate 3 chicken ones.  I must do them!

I managed to squash a shower into the gap between dinner and dessert.  The womens shower was a trickle so I went into the mens.  That was a little better. 

After dessert and a lazy lounge in front of the fire I headed up to bed.  The hut was an old A frame style building.  With the sleeping above the main area, I thought it was be so warm up there.  Nope.  ice box conditions.  And Jo, Jase and Toby were in the top attic.  Above all the other sleeping bunks.  I think they were the coldest.

 Anyway, with Mike and I in our double sleeping bag, and his other one on top, we were toastie pie warm.

Up to eat and pack up.  Which didn't go so well and had me grumpy with it all.  But, anyway, we got away.  Mike took Jase and Toby initially to sort out lift passes, ski gear and anything else.

I went skiing with Jo, Momo, Janine, Ana and Jacqui.  Did Nga Wai Heke first up and the snow was gorgeous.  Not a cloud in the sky, either.  Bit windy, but the wind died down during the day.

Eventually I caught up with Mike and Toby.  After lunch we switched and I skied with Toby.  We had such fun.  Skied Park Lane - too easy.  Then Movenpick.  Too easy.  Giant kept us busy for a bit.

Toby chilling with me

Start of some selfies

Let me try and get the mountain in the frame, Toby

Pump drinking model

View!

Selfie time!

Andrew chilling in Massey hut

Helmet hair

Jase after his second lesson for the day!  With a massive grin!

Jase had two lessons - one at 10am and one at 2pm.  He loved his 2pm lesson!  Oosshh!  Took him up Park Lane and he did well.  Hopefully he can make the weekend for Jo's leaving party on Sept 28th weekend.

Ana had a huge fall while out with Jo, Bre and Mike, Andrew and Momo.  They ended up on an icy slope that they couldn't traverse out of on their board (Jo and Bre - Mike was delayed entering this part of the field by a call of nature and the snow patrol told him not to go down, so he walked out), so they both went down on their bottoms, and took a bit of a hammering.  But Ana started down the same way despite Jo shouting to avoid it, and she slipped and fell over 100m down the slope, lost her skis and ended up cartwheeling.

However, she ended up with massive bruises - the doctor cleared her for the drive back.  Momo drove - Ana was still very shaken.  She will be very sore for a while.  Lucky she got away with the little damage she got.  What a nightmare.

Anyway, we got away ok at 5pm.  Got to Jo's house at 9pm.  So not too bad at all.  Ate maccas on the way at Levin.  Jo has had more maccas in this weekend than in her previous life.  She doesn't like that.

Unpacked a bit at home.  Mike and Andrew got dropped off by Jacqui (she has a new Forester, so they took that in preference over the Corolla) not long after us. 

Fell into a deep sleep.  Need more tonight.  Hahah.

Thank you to Janine for organising it.  And the company.  Thank you Toby for skiing with me.  I enjoyed it.

Love,
Angela