The Wednesday with two iced coffees

Hi,

Ok - do you think it bodes well for a day where I had two iced coffees before 1pm?  And by that I mean for my colleagues that have to endure my caffeinated self.  Hahahah!

The people taking the photos seemed to get right into the spirit of it completely!

Mojos iced latte

Mojo iced latte

Sensible Rahzoo photo

Rex - what are you doing?

Here's a silly face for the iced coffee pic

Pleading now with Rex!

And the taste test pic

Lunch at Rahzoo was to celebrate Mary's birthday and mine later this month!  Woot!  Jo and Rex joined us and Rex even found meat on the menu.

Managed to get a gym session in with Sreejith - yay for normal routine.  Of course, i did have two iced coffees to work off.  Hahah.

The weather was awful so I caught the bus home with Mike.  Cooked tea - pulled beef sliders - yep - forgot the photo yet again.    Yummy.

It was late by then, so pretty much off to bed really.  I need to get a few things done tonight and tomorrow night before our weekend fun.

Today is our last day in this building for work.  We are working from home tomorrow and the move begins!  Very exciting.  We're down Willis St from Tuesday after the long weekend.  New cafes to discover.  I hope they have a Mojos down there that does those iced lattes!

We have dragon boat training tonight.  If the weather co-operates!  Toby is coming to my work (for the last time here) and we're heading to the park and he'll look after Ava while we train.

Have a wonderful day!

Love,
Angela

The Tuesday with gym and not a lot else

Hi,

I managed to catch up with Rami about the year ahead with the user group.  And got an iced coffee out of it.  Woot!

Iced coffee at that cafe under Microsoft

Also squeezed in a gym session - two in a row.  My routine might just be coming back to normal.  Got another one lined up today too.

I caught the bus home after I went back to work for a bit and it took 35 minutes to get on a bus.  I cooked tea when I got home, but forgot to take a photo of it.  Stir fried chicken.  It was pretty yummy.

Mike did a bit of homework and I managed to do laundry but before I knew it, it was time for bed.

Toby is off to school today.  He isn't looking forward to being back.  I think he is a bit apprehensive about Year 10.  Not sure why.  His school bag is ready for the day - so long as he remembers his phone and laptop.  I remembered his lunch!  Woot!

Have an awesome day!

Love,
Angela

The Monday with RPM, a bike ride home and Toby cooking

Hi,

After a long day at work, I did manage to squash in a RPM session.  I am hoping this means my routine is getting back to normal.  Although with dragon boating it does remain slightly different.  Tues and Thurs evenings we're out in the boat until the big race day in early March.  If you're in Wellington, come and watch and yell your support.

I did ride home after RPM (and a bit more work), and it was a bit tough on the quads.  But, all good fun.  And I cooked tea with Toby when we got home.  He now has to cook one of our meals a week.  He may have been watching too many cooking shows as he is quite the showman with his spicing technique.  The salad had instructions to "season with salt and pepper" and he made a mixture on a saucer and then theatrically threw in some.  With never any tasting.  It was a little on the salty side for me.

Fish and noodle salad

He's cooking in his boxer shorts!

Anyway, it was yummy.  Mike got home just as we were getting stuck in.  Perfect timing.

Toby is babysitting this evening while we go dragon boating.  He's to come to work at 4.30, eat sushi and then look after Ava while Jo and I have training.

Hmmmm.

Enjoy your day!

Love,
Angela

The weekend tramping

Hi,

The weekend packed in a bunch of stuff.  Toby and I went to Mama Browns for some ribs before meeting Mike at the Embassy to see Blade Runner in all its glory on the big screen.  Sell out theatre too.  Meant for a short sleep though as we had to get up early for our tramping fun.

Mike decided against the epic tramp with Andrew at the crack of dawn (due to being in AKL the day before, and a late night, and juggling too many things) and came with me and Toby instead.

We weren't too late getting to the road end at Catchpool despite having to do some shopping for the weekend.  We met Jo and Rodrigo and they went with Mike up Cattle Ridge.  Toby and I took the normal route to Paua Hut.

Toby in his tree - flaring his nostrils

We stopped at Toby's favourite tree - he's always climbed this one when we walk here. Since he was 4 years old!  It took us 2 hours to the dot to get to Paua Hut.  We unlocked the hut and pitched Toby's tent (Mike had the other tent with him).

Selfie fun!

Finally a sensible selfie

Enjoying the sun over the Orongaronga river

After sitting in the sun for an hour or so, Mike and his group arrived.  Andrew wasn't long after them and we enjoyed sitting and admiring the view for a bit.  Then Mike, Jo and Rodrigo left to find a swimming hole and Andrew and I contemplated life (and a hunter with, we suspect, a huge pig to carry home) for quite a few hours.  Toby has retired to his tent to sleep off the late night.

Best campsite ever!

Next morning we struck both tents and Toby and I packed up and left before the others.  Toby had his mates coming over at midday so we had to hurry.

Don't take a photo of me in my long johns!

My favourite part of the Orongaronga track - punga forest

Am I dancing between the trunks?

We got home at 11.15am or so - well in time for Toby to be there for Akash and Isaac.  Yay!  Mike got home around 3pm and we relaxed before I drove Isaac home and went grocery shopping for the week ahead.

Karen got home ok from Queensland.  Hope her week gets back to normal routine easily.  Toby starts back at school on Wednesday so let's see what our normal routine looks like too!

Have a brilliant  day!

Love,
Angela

The Thursday with dragon boat training

Hi,

Busy day at work, followed by meeting Toby at 4pm (on the dot!) to head to JB HiFi to spend his Christmas voucher.  Then I convinced him to have a drink with me.  We got an iced chocolate and an iced latte from Butlers.  We didn't enjoy them.  We didn't finish them.  As that was a bit of a flop, I suggested Maccas.  What was I thinking?

I had some yucky McBites and Toby decided he was actually full and I had to eat his chips.  Please remind me I don't like Maccas.  Should have got an all day brekkie instead!  Heheheh.

I then sat in the sun for a while at Frank Kitts park waiting for the dragon boat team to arrive for training.  We had a session on the lagoon with James practising his sweep role and the rest of us trying to get timing sorted.  Such fun!

Mike then surprised me by walking to meet me at the end and we caught the bus home.  I had to discretely place a towel on the seat as I was dripping wet.  Pretty sure I got away with it.

Got home and Mike cooked tea while I went back into town to get a few things from work.  We're moving buildings at the end of next week.  Woot!  I had to clear out stuff from my desk.

Tramping this weekend!  I have to be at the road end by 10.20am.  We're off to Paua Hut.  I haven't been there for quite a while now.  Must be 1.5 years maybe?  Anyway, it should be relaxing.  I will test out my new tramping boots and see if my feet survive.

Our work team won our work quiz this week!  Yay!

Have a wonderful weekend.

Love,
Angela

The Wednesday that felt like Friday but really should have felt like Tuesday

Hi,

We're having the oddest weather.  I managed to get a gym session in and left chaos in my wake.  Toby came back to my work after his dental appointment and no one could find me.  I had asked him to bus home after it to meet Isaac, but he had other ideas in mind involving spending his JB HiFi card he got for Christmas from Aunty Sally and Uncle Andrew.

Anyhow, work now knows how casual I am about Toby's whereabouts and how I just let him wander around town aimlessly.  Oops.

Iced latte goodness with Celia at Mojos

Mike sorted it all out and headed home.  I jumped on a bus as soon as I heard the kerfuffle and wasn't home too late.  The boys walked to Burger Wisconsin and ate and played in the park.  I researched cars on Trade Me to little enlightenment.  Mike worked late.

Had a lovely ride in this morning and dismantled the bike hooks from the bike shed at work.  We're moving buildings in two weeks so everything is being taken down and we've bought a few things (like bike hooks).

Hope your day is loads of fun.

Love,
Angela

The Tuesday back at work

Hi,

My routine is slowly coming back to normal.  Toby starts school on Wednesday next week - so that will be true normality I guess.

Iced latte goodness at Mojos

Despite my lack of sleep, I had a good day yesterday.  Got a coffee date in with Ed and Kate from work and we discussed a few things.  Made decisions.

Went with Rex to the pool after work for dragon boat training. He was kind enough to drop me home afterwards and I got so much done around the house.  Mountains of laundry done!  Tidying up.  Yay!

Crashed into bed until Mike and Toby got home from a BBQ at Josh's house.  Then Mike and I slept like the dead until this morning.  Much needed!

We walked in this morning because the galeforce winds are back.

Toby has a dental appointment at 3.30pm today and Isaac is coming over.  Hopefully they will meet in town and head home together after Toby's appointment.

And I might just fit in a gym session.

Have a great day!

Love,
Angela