The Wednesday with not a lot

Hi,

Had crazy busy things at work and eventually got out the door to find a bus to take me home.  Mike had tramping club things to attend to.  After a bus dissipated on me (Mike and I decided that was a thing) I got on another one.  Because it was real, and at the bus stop.  Unlike those fake buses. 

Got home and cooked tea for the boys.  Beef stir fry.  But with haloumi for me.  Hey - it worked. 

Wok in action for the first time in ages

Mike's dinner

Mine - with haloumi.  That cheese is so versatile.

Tried to lure Mike home with pics of his dinner.  It didn't work.  He ate BK.  Yuck, yuck.  They gave me mouldy burger buns 25 years ago and I haven't been back since.

Anyway, nice ride in this morning.  Mike told me as I fell asleep that it was going to be dry at 6am for my ride.  I guess that fluttery rain wouldn't really register as real rain.  I'm not wet, at any rate.

Got to pack for our weekend away to Ruapehu.  Jase has the cat and house duties.  Skis, tramping gear - and books.  That should see me right.

Have a good one.

Love,
Angela

The Tuesday that really felt like Thursday

Hi,

How does two days at work feel so long?  Must be the looming period of no holidays between Queens Birthday and Labour Day playing with my head.  Holidays, holidays.  I am sure I can hear that.

Happy to get an iced latte @ Machete with someone that makes my life far nicer - Celia!  Thank you.

Wednesday already.  I got home after work yesterday (work was mad) and cooked tea with Jase and Mike and Toby.  Jase and Toby had burgers, and Mike had a steak sandwich.  Mine was a mushroom and haloumi sandwich.  It was soooooo good.

Jase has cleared out our pantry.  I can see what we have (although stuff has changed location so it did slow down my cooking as I searched for things - hahahah).  The oldest thing he found was from 2010.  Pah!  Bet it wouldn't kill anyone.  Although that bulging can of fruit?  That might just kill someone.  It brightened Mike's mood measurably because he was shattered when he got home and it took a bit to lift him.  Pantry was a good thing for him to look at.

We sat around after tea reading excerpts from the Readers Digest that came in the mail.  Some were great - classic jokes.  Others we were scathing about.  And they had a page that was pics from the Internet.  Like the Internet itself - but offline.  That made us laugh.

Mike and I caught the bus in together this morning.  Such fun - and we were in the mood for chatting because we stayed outside my work blethering away to each other.  We must need date night.

Right.  Time for a big drink of water and getting stuck in.  I've been to the gym for my weights session.  My arms are like a wee T-Rex now - feeble and weak.

Enjoy your day!

Love,
Angela

The Monday back at work after a hectic weekend

Hi,

Guess what?  I had a day where I never went to the cafe for an iced latte.  Yep.  So - no pics.  Hahahahah.  Anyway, I had no time for one. 

But I did get to Spin after work and then caught the bus home.  We came across two cars in the middle of the road outside the Wadestown shops.  Bit of a crash.  Poor people.

Home to a lovely dinner from Mike.  And then before I knew it (after some laundry) it was bed time.  Not sure how that happened.

Had a great sleep - up too early (I had left on my early alarm) and rode in for the first time in a few weeks.  So slack.  Such fun!

Have an awesome day.  Go England!

Love,
Angela

The weekend in Wellington with a rugby curry party

Hi,

 What a manic weekend!  Such fun though.  Friday night saw pizzas delivered home to keep the boys happy while Mike and I tried to have drinks and catch up with Jon before he moved back to the UK.  Didn't really work out like that.  We did go from Fork and Brewer, to Lovelocks, to Husk.  Saw too many pubs for my liking in one night.  Hahahah.  Food at Husk was good.  And we saw Jon for thirty seconds as he arrived when we were leaving.  Oh!

Saturday saw us up early for Mike's birthday.  He and I went into town for gym sessions (separate ones) and we met up afterwards at Machete.  He got there before me and ordered the iced latte.  But as I walked in, the staff called out to him that he should have said he was with me, because they would have made it as I like it.  So they rushed over with my sugar syrup (I like one sugar).

They also made fun of this date being my real one - with my husband.  And all those other men are my fake dates.  Hahah.  But after I told them it was Mike's birthday, they brought him some cake - with a candle in it.  They are so nice there!

Iced latte with Mike @ Machete

They gave him cake!

Towel shaming fail - for me!

We park behind the Gay Wagon

In the afternoon (1pm) Jase came with us and we went to see Jon at Beach Babylon.  We parked behind Jo's car (her and Jon had got back on Friday from a long South Island road trip) so I took a photo of the Gay Wagon.

Had a great lunch and said goodbye to Jon.  Mike and Jase stayed out and went to a pub with them all (Hop Garden).  I went home to sort out my life.

Jase and me with iced coffee at Beach Babylon

Cooked dahl - although my lentils were a bit too hard even after a lot of cooking.  We all went out to Sreejith and Anjali's house to watch the rugby.  We went house touring - saw Siva and Ebby's house.  Everyone was so gracious and fed us and showed us around their house.  They have all done well for themselves.  It was good to see everyone in a relaxed setting.

All Blacks v France (at Westpac stadium) - bit of a boring game after the French team had someone red carded at 12 minutes in.  But the French played so well after that - the All Blacks never fired up.  But you can't win from that position.

Rugby!

Cake!

Sunday saw us up for Caffiend at Petone where we met Sally and Andrew, and Iona and Col.  Col had been to the rugby in real life - with Shelley. 

Caffiend iced coffee

 We picked up the Subaru from Sreejith's place and I then took Iona and Col to our house quickly to see the garden, and then dropped them at the ferry for their homeward journey.

OMG.  Such a busy weekend.  And next weekend we're off to Ruapehu.  Phew!

This morning I missed yoga (first time in a year - apart from holidays) because our bus developed a fault and we had to get off in Northland and wait for another bus.  That bus was rammed with people after we all got on.  And the new driver was away with the fairies.  He ran through a red light on Willis St and I watched the pedestrian flee for his life from the bus.  The driver realised and slammed his brakes on.  Lurched through the lights and muttered to himself:  "What am I doing?  I am daydreaming".  Fortunately my stop was next.

Back to my bike.  The universe is saying so.  I will listen.

I have also been missing my Cactus black backpack.  For about 2 weeks now.  I have been complaining to Mike about it a fair bit.  Wondering where it was.  Saying it was lost.  But finally last night I realised it was in my wardrobe, under my bike pannier.  Sheepishly I hauled it out and showed Mike.  His expression was positively gleeful at me losing something for a few weeks - because it is usually him doing that.

Thank you to everyone that made my weekend such fun.

Have a fantastic week ahead.

Love,
Angela

The Thursday with nothing much

Hi,

Not an awful lot happening - in fact - even less happened than I anticipated.   I was going to get to Spin after work and then meet Mike and head to another rendition of the play with Toby - but Spin wasn't on.  And Toby told us the play had sold out.

In the end, I went home and cooked tea with Jase.

Salad for me and Jase

Iced latte with Justin

Iced latte with Andrew

It's Friday!  Yay!  And Mike's birthday tomorrow.  Woot!  I need to sort out cake.  But everything else is in hand, I think.

Iona and Col are here for the rugby (well, Col is here for the rugby, Iona is here because Col is here) and I hope I get to catch up with them. Maybe Sunday before they ferry back.

Right.  Time to get stuck in.  8 hours to go before the weekend starts.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Love,
Angela

The Wednesday with Jase getting a trial at a job and Toby in a play

Hi,

I am proud of both Jase and Toby - they were both amazing yesterday.  Jase got himself to a job interview and now he has a trial with them this Friday.  Toby was in a play (he is Cymbeline - a king in a Shakespeare play of the same name) and really was very good.  It wasn't my son up there - he really was a bewildered king.

So - there you go.  My mind has been blown by the two of them.  Yes, we may do more for Toby in some regards than we should (doing his washing and making lunches springs to mind) - but he also sorts himself out a lot with things and is fairly independent.  Swings and roundabouts, i guess.

Iced latte @ Machete

Iced coffee @ Little Peckish

I did catch up with Rex, Jo and Maryanne at Little Peckish.  That was brilliant.  And got to Spin after work - eye candy instructor was actually in the participating crowd.  That was good - glad I got some exercise in. 

We watched Toby in the play after Ubering there from my work - and then took Toby to Maccas to eat his way through a mountain of yucky fast food.  It was raining, so I got fairly soaked through.

And walked in this morning - today is a stunning winter's morning.  Yay!  Have a fantastic day.

Love,
Angela

The Tuesday with not a lot

Hi,

The excitement yesterday when I got home was the news that Jase has a job interview lined up already.  How cool is that?  Fingers crossed for him today.

Iced latte with jacket on in the morning @ Machete

Iced latte with jacket on in the afternoon @ Machete

I got home and cooked tea with Jase - we ate mushroom home-made burgers.  Mike got home not too late after us and made his beef burgers.  Toby was home late after his rehearsal - that turned out was an actual performance.  He's now done two.  He ate Weetbix as I was in bed when he got home.

Mike thinks he's the king of Egypt - worshiping cats

On the couch reading, while Mike chats to his mother

Mike and I are both in early for gym work.  Ooosshhh!  Hope your day is a good one.

Love,
Angela