The Wednesday that should be a Friday already

Hi,

This working week (a short one for me as I have Friday off) has been 6 days in the making so far.  I can't believe it has just clocked over to Thursday.  Eight more hours - then.... It's my long, long weekend!  Woot!  Back to work next Thursday.  Oosshh.

Iced latte @ Machete with Anjali

I did manage to get away from the chaos for a coffee with Anjali and caught up with her news.  She really enjoyed the skiing last week (don't read this, Mike!) and is looking forward to next season already.  Yep - me too!

Got home and cooked spag bol for Toby (and his mate, Ethan, who slept over).  Then into bed.  Woke briefly when Mike got home from curry club (or, The Cult, as Toby and I like to call it).

I hope your day is  good one!

Love,
Angela

The Tuesday with a haircut

Hi,

I introduced the newbie in my team to Machete (and Victor) and enjoyed an iced coffee in the sunny patch in the cafe.  The newbie was slightly bewildered at the ritual photo op - but Victor handled it just like a pro.  He knows.  His only question was if I could figure out how to get my feel in the pic as well.  Hahahah!

Iced latte @ Machete with Victor

What a lovely evening.  I had my haircut (which is always nice - thank you Sarah, my hairdresser) and then wandered over to The George at 1800 to meet Mike.  He and Jaana were presenting at the tramping Meetup on 8 years of the Meetup. 

It was a good turn out and they both did well.  I texted Andrew, and he came along too.  Mike was pleased to see him turn up.  After the presentation, Andrew and I had a drink and some hot chips before we needed to get home and see Toby.

We decided to Uber home as the bus was not coming for a while - only to hit a traffic snarl due to an accident on the motorway involving a motorcycle.  They had completely closed the motorway at The Terrace. 

Got home eventually (through Kelburn) and into bed not long after.  Had a good enough sleep, and then up early to try a new idea out to get to Spin.  The 6.16am bus from home gets me to The Terrace at 6.29am.  If I run down the steps and down Boulcott St, and up the steps to the gym, I can be sitting on my Spin bike at 6.33am.  I cleared it with that instructor - she doesn't mind.

Oosshh!

Hahahah.  What fun.  That way I get a sleep in until 5.30am, and a leisurely brekkie at home and I can make coffee for Mike before I leave.

Win, win.

Hope your day is a good one.

Love,
Angela

The Monday back at work

Hi,

It was a pretty normal day in the scheme of things.  Although I did get to see Andrew for lunch which was a pleasant surprise.  I heard about his adventures grabbing spot heights over the weekend.  Four road ends!  Wow!

Iced latte with Andrew

Got home after Spin after work and Jase had cooked tea.  Woot!  What a guy!  I was a happy woman.  We ate and chatted and then it wasn't long before I was in bed.

Slept well.  Looks like an alright day here.  Dry at least - and not too cold.

Hope yours is a good one!

Love,
Angela

The weekend in Wellington

Hi,

Ok - it might be getting bad when 3 out of the 4 pics on here are ones of me drinking iced coffee.  To say I don't drink coffee, except iced coffees, is now slightly misleading.  I need to change it to:  I only drink iced coffee.

Sunday practise session with Jase

Home made iced coffee

With Celia @ Ti Kouka

With Andrew @ Machete

We had a weekend in Wellington and managed to get a few things done.  Mike got the DRZ running and Jase practised with it at the local school.  He did well by the end - stopping smoothly and taking off with the right amount of herbs.  A few more practises and we might be able to take on some roads.

Mike also cleared out a lot of the garage.  We need to get stuck in there.  Hmmmm.

Toby had mates over for a sleepover.  Zak couldn't make it, so they couldn't film part 2 of their project.  But Isaac, Tessa and Ethan stayed.  They watched movies and all slept in the lounge.

Mike was up early Sunday to get his tramping presentation done at work (he needed the extra monitors).

And that was about it.  Grocery shopping.  Cooking.  Bit of tidying.

Hope your weekend was a good one.

Love,
Angela

The Thursday with an early night

Hi,

It's almost the weekend!  Yay!  I met Mike for lunch yesterday (instead of Spin - I must love him a lot) and we enjoyed Fratelli pasta and then an iced latte @ Machete.

Mike selfie!

The photo he was supposed to take!  Iced latte @ Machete

I went to the spa after work for an appointment (and torture, really) and Mike met me afterwards and declared (not so helpfully) that it was all worth it.  Sigh. 

Today I am at work in an unironed shirt, wondering if I can get away with it.  Hahahah.  OMG.  Maybe I just button up my blazer and pretend everything is just fine.

The weekend!  We're not going skiing now.  Well, mostly not.  Toby didn't want to go.  And that would have been fine - but he also wanted his mates to come over.  So, I suggested best I stay back.  Then the forecast looked pants anyway.  So now I think the plan is that Mike will drive up just for the AGM meeting he wanted to attend up there.  So the club has a presence.  And hopefully drive back straight afterwards.  10 hours for a 2 hour meeting.

Yes, we are mad.

Right.  Tidying the house and planting veges is the order of the weekend for me.

Enjoy yours!

Love,
Angela

The Wednesday with a movie with Toby

Hi,

Ok - someone at work declared Wednesday to be the craziest day ever.  They weren't far wrong.  Hahahah.  But it was good crazy.  Sometimes there is bad crazy and we don't like that.

Toby came in at lunchtime and met me at The Embassy and we both saw a movie together:  Marai.  A Japanese anime movie with subtitles.  We both loved it!  Go see it if you like that sort of thing.  A heart-warming look at families.

Back to work chaos after that - but eventually got away.  Met Mike at New World and did some urgent shopping before bussing home and cooking some dinner.

Off to bed for a good sleep and up for a Spin class this morning.  My cold is not progressing.  Yay!

Have an awesome day.

Love,
Angela

The Tuesday busy at work

Hi,

Ok - despite the blog title saying it was a busy day, from the pics below, you might think all I did was drink iced latte.  Hahahah.  So not true!

Iced latte with Andrew

Iced latte with Rae

Mike is away sick today with a migraine.  It's a shame for him.  Not sure why he got one this time.  And it looks like I will be staying home this weekend instead of skiing.  Toby wants to stay - and have mates around.  And we need a responsible adult for that.  But, looks like they have me instead.  :-p

Mike will go up.  And I hope they have an excellent ski weekend.

I am likely to have this cold get worse before it gets better anyway.  Although denial is a powerful thing.

I hope to see Toby today for a long lunch break and watch an anime movie at The Embassy.  Marai.  I think it is called.

Woot! 

Have a brilliant day.

Love,
Angela