The Tuesday back at work

 Hi,

Turns out I forgot to blog yesterday morning. No idea how that happened apart from just being busy. But I rode in Tuesday morning in lovely weather and had to come down Murphy to avoid parliament (I usually ride right through parliament grounds). The hikoi was kicking off from Waitangi Park at 9am and heading to the Beehive for a midday protest. Massive crowds expected and public transport chaos. 

Early morning hikoi

I was early (6.30am) and saw a few early people heading to the park. Woot! I headed to the gym. Met Quentin. Did incline bench (25kg 4 x 4) then normal bench (35kg 4  x 4 ).

Back to Margies to have brekkie with Maureen. Then back to work. 

Caught up with Maureen after gym

Left work at 11.45am to head to the Beehive. Sally and Andrew were already there - staked out a bit of lawn nice and early. We couldn't get that close. The place was packed. And such a good crowd. Families. Elderly. Everyone in-between. Gang members walked through the crowds. We could not hear a thing from the grounds. Barely indistinguishable voices on the loudspeakers.

But I am so glad so many people voted with their feet against this Treaty bill. Let's all submit on it to let our voices be heard. The ruling government seems to be trying to diminish the way this feels to the majority of people that live in Aotearoa.

Lunch hikoi

So many people

Like, a lot

We were there

I headed back to work at 1pm. The crowd departed after their message was given. So proud of the way it was run.

After work, Mike and I went to Joes Garage for tea and he practised his Great Walks talk. Then we went to TTC clubrooms and he presented his talk there.

David from Nepal was there. He asked after Toby. We went to Nepal with him in 2015. He was the person that fell in his shower and broke his wrist 2 hours after landing in Kathmandu. But Expansion took him on his own tour and looked after him.

Hey David

Mike's talk was so good. Perfectly timed too. He got a book on the history of the TTC as a gift. Awww. People came up to me and said how good his talk was.

We walked to the bus stop in Courtney Place and got home just after 9pm. Fed the cats. Into bed. Slept so well.

Up at 7am. Showered. Washing done. Ate my cold soaked porridge (yum). And bussed into town. 

Hope you have a great Wednesday!

Love,

Angela