The Wednesday with Toby home from school

Hi,

I got a text from Mike late morning to say that Toby had pulled a muscle playing touch rugby on the wet grass at school.  Mike collected him, and I reshuffled meetings and when Mike came back through town in the car, I jumped in and took Toby home.

Toby is hobbling around and still at home today.  Poor kid.  But good on him for giving it all he has when he plays sport at school.

I went to collect Mike from work and stopped to buy some groceries.  Bumped into Yingjie and chatted for a bit.  Then Josh turned up and I drove everyone home.  It was good to catch up with everyone.

Sorted out tea and then relaxed before bed.  Caught the bus in this morning and feel so sleepy.  But I did run for 30 minutes yesterday for the first time since Christmas.  Hoping that my Achilles is good now - nothing hurt.  I'll take it easy for a while, ramping back up.  But fingers crossed.

Enjoy your day!

Love,
Angela

The Tuesday that from Wednesday it felt like a Thursday

Hi,

My day hardly allowed me to take a breath - but I did get to Verve cafe to meet Mike and Becks for lunch.  And an iced coffee.  It was good - but they make theirs too sweet for me.

About to take a sip

Sip, mmmmmm

I texted Mike when I was due to leave work and said I'd be riding home and when was he going to collect the car from its airbag service.  He texted back that he'd forgotten about the car and if I could, could I go and collect it.

No worries.  I cycled up Willis and down Ghuznee and then up Taranaki, into Vivian and into the Toyota service department.  It wasn't too bad considering the busy traffic.  Picked up the car and negotiated traffic back to collect Mike on my way back through town.

Cooked tea (steaks and salad) and then the evening disappeared in a blur.  Although I did do some laundry.

I was asleep early - probably because of my dodgy sleep the night before.  And despite waking briefly around 4am, I had a good sleep.

Toby is cooking tea tonight.  Woot!  He is perfecting a pasta with basil pesto dish.  Yummy.

Have a brilliant day.

Love,
Angela

The Monday that felt like it was a whole week worth

Hi,

Happy iced latte face at Mojos on Bond St

My day was hectic but I did catch up with Mary and grabbed an iced latte.  Woot!  And I see my calendar today isn't a lot better.

I did get to the gym after work which was kinda cool and then Mike collected me after that and we drove home.  I cooked tea - just for Toby.  Spag bol.  It wasn't one of my best - I must be out of practice.

I was pretty tired and sure I fell asleep while Mike was still working on his laptop in the bed. But I didn't feel well during the night and woke just after 2am and had a restless sleep until the alarm went off.

I feel ok now - probably not at my best - but not that bad either.  I drove the Corolla into town to get its airbag replaced on the worldwide recall.  Apparently they will wash it too.  That'll be a shock to its wee body.

Rode my bike from there to work and it wasn't too bad through Courtney Place and up Dixon.  And I didn't get too wet either.  Woot!

Have a great day!

Love,
Angela

The weekend in Wellington

Hi,

Well, I took full advantage of our Wellington weekend with nothing much scheduled.  I read lots and tried to sleep in!  Woot!

Saturday we got away by 1pm and met Sally and Ange at the Dowse.  Only to find they were closed (under new management).  Gee - I hope the next owners are just as good.

We went to the cafe at the library in Lower Hutt and it was ok.  But I would have preferred the Dowse.

Went on our ride and did 20km up the river and back.  Sweet!

Riding the Hutt River trail

Photo bomb to get my cream

The iced coffee at the library cafe wasn't too bad.  Maybe a solid 6.

Sunday we had nothing on until family dinner at 6pm.  It was lovely to catch up with everyone - including Benjamin.  And he has a new job - fulltime - at The Green Man.  Woot!

Dainty morsel

And a lovely cup of tea - I went for Pure Ceylon

And I leave a few pics of our birthday high tea from Friday afternoon.  Mmmmm.  Sally, Andrew, Aidan, Janne and me and Mike.  Lovely.

Have a brilliant week ahead!

Love,
Angela

The Thursday with not a lot although Toby was sick

Hi,

It was a frantically busy day at work - but I reckon that is the new normal.  I might need to re-train as a paramedic or something similar for a less busy job.  Although I know my work is not life or death, some people seem to view it in a different light.  I must keep those hoots of laughter more tightly under wraps.  Hahahah!

It has been chilling to watch the London attack on the news during the past day.  For it to happen somewhere Mike and I know so well is slightly worse to hearing about atrocities elsewhere in the world.  Stupid nutters in the world.

At least it is Friday.  And we're having high tea with Sally and Andrew this afternoon.  A birthday celebration.  Woot!

We'll be in Wellington over the weekend.  We need to get loads done around the house.

Hope you have fun whatever you get up to!

Love,
Angela

The Wednesday with user group

Hi,

Oh - after prepping for presenting, the colleague before me went over his fifteen minutes of material to a 45 minute version and I had no time for my own.  As I dislike speaking in public, I had mixed feelings about that.  He talked well, but now it means I have to do it next month!  Hahah.  Like delicious anticipation - but the exact opposite!

Sigh!

Anyway, I Ubered home with Mike and we sorted out wee Toby.  He's all fine - he chatted to Grandy on the phone and convinced her that he was ok.  Perhaps I should have checked my blog post to ensure it made doubly sure Toby was fine!

And it was Sally's birthday yesterday - and I forgot to say on the post yesterday.  But I did remember and I hope she had a great day.  I heard they went out for a birthday date night to a lovely restaurant.

Toby is coming to see me after school today.  We need to look at gaming headsets.  Hmmm.  Maybe some market research is needed.

Have a wonderful day!

Love,
Angela

The Tuesday with nothing much

Hi,

I seem to have missed a day.  Crazy.  Anyway, Tuesday was good - things went fast and it was the end of the day before I knew it.

Below is Monday night's dinner.  We did take a photo of Tuesday's dinner but only on Mike's phone.

Chicken noodly thing

We had pulled lamb on roasted kumara with a spinach salad on top and I quite enjoyed it.  Mint was chopped through the lamb.  Mmmmm.

On Monday evening we tried the neighbours car in our garage to see if an Outlander was an option.  Fitted easily.

Tuesday I caught the bus home and texted Mike what one I was on so he could jump on.  He timed it perfectly as I was saving my seat next to him.  But his snapper was empty and he had to stop to pay the driver and the last woman on before him sat in the seat next to me.  If only he had money on his snapper!

Anyway, we'd only been chatting across her for a few minutes before she gave up and stood up so Mike could sit next to me.  That was nice of her.  Or she was sick of hearing about our day and the evening plans.

Toby got hit by a car on his way to school yesterday.  He has a big bruise graze thing on his left knee.  I am still not sure of the details, but the driver ran a red light (according to Toby), Toby was knocked down, the driver stopped, Toby was fine so everyone went about their day.

I am still a little in shock about it all.  And I wasn't even there,  Imagine if I'd been there.  Ok.  Let's not imagine anything.

Ok.  Everything is better with tea.  I'll do that.

Have a brilliant day!

Love,
Angela