The Monday back at work and Tuesday off sick

Hi,

Well, that was a weird start to the week.  My headache from Sunday continued through Monday.  Highlights being iced latte and getting my medal for dragon boating.

Lowlights - well, there were a few.

Went to boxing with Quentin and he was lovely and let me pummel his pads and get rid of a lot of frustration.  I should have called him at 2pm for an emergency boxing session, in hindsight.  Hahahah.

Monday iced latte

Bronze medal in B Final

But after work I met Roz and went to Hudson with her!  So yay for ending the day on a high note.  We chatted away.  She has two new wee cats.  They look gorgeous - one looks like Smudge.

Roz does exist and was in WLG

Waited for ages for my bus with her after Hudson, and it eventually got a "CAN" next to it.  Never seen that before.  Assumed it meant "cancelled" but it wasn't clear.

CAN?  Or can't?

Ran up to The Terrace and got a 22.  Phew! 

Cat just chilling and hanging out

Woke up Tuesday and headache was still there.  So chilled with the cats at home.  Yay for a bit of R&R.

Cooked tea for the boys.  And went to bed and tried to get to sleep.  Wasn't the best sleep ever though.

Mike has a virtual corona virus day where his workplace all works remotely.  So the cats are probably so confused.  "Is it the weekend?"  Hahahah.

Have a great day!

Love,
Angela

The weekend with the dragon boat race day

Hi,

What a great weekend - we had a lot of fun on Saturday with a well-run dragon boating event for race day.

Iced latte at Pandoro with Saman on Friday

Friday saw me catching up with Saman for an iced latte.  Good to chat to him - it had been a while.  I wish him the very best of luck as he tackles everything that comes his way.  It's been fun seeing him grow in the team.

Packed when I got home for the race day on Saturday.  So excited.  Slept well.

Saturday morning looks mighty fine

Up early and Mike dropped me at work and we collected Joycie's gear for the team.  He drove up past the bollards and we unpacked the car.  Joycie had jet plane lollies, yellow Powerade and tea/coffees and water.  She did so well keeping us all watered and fed.

We had a tent next to Dragonboat Z so I checked out the team to see what they were doing.  Research, you know.  :-)

Oosshh!

The weather was stunning.  One of the best days this summer.  How lucky are we?

Good morning Wellington!

Hey Sreejith - we look ready!

Lani and Chenda look ready too!

We did so well in the actual races - getting faster in every race.  What an awesome team.  We ended up in the B final, and got bronze for our valiant effort.  So happy.

Our team - from Lani's facebook

I am in the blue cap - Lani's Facebook

Went and showered then Mike and I met Andrew at Rogue and Vagabond for a few drinks and some pizza ahead of meeting Sally for the Pride Parade.

Waiting at Rogue and Vagabond for Pride Parade to kick off

We stood opposite Serge at the parade.  It was great fun.  Enjoyed the Dykes on Bikes section the most.  Because, who doesn't like motorcycles?

Out to Egmont St Eatery afterwards for cocktails and dinner (for Sally).  Mmmmm.  Then we collected the car from Te Papa and headed home, via Lower Hutt.  And work (for my things).

Up on Sunday for brunch with Christine.  Qilin Tea House was in fine form.

Hello Christine!

Qilin tea house do great iced whites

Back home and to bed for me (had a headache all day).  Out for grocery shopping later on.  Car park was almost empty at the supermarket.

No one else at the supermarket

There were some weird empty shelves.  Hand santiser was empty.  Weird.  And there had been more glove buying than I would have thought was necessary.  But plenty of toilet paper - which was lucky because we needed some.

All fun and games.  The corona virus is keeping family busy (Sally at her work, and Iona at hers).

Toby and I might be getting sick - but we have no reason to believe it is anything other than a cold.  I might just be run down anyway.

Here's hoping the week ahead is a gentle one - not like last week and its general chaos (not of my making).

And so excited about the family birthday event at the end of this week over in Featherston.  Yes!  Hurry up and be Friday already!

Have a superb week.

Love,

Angela

The Thursday with lunch with Anjali

Hi,

I think that yesterday the highlights definitely revolved around iced latte and lunch (with another iced latte).

That face looks like it needs that iced latte

 I went with Sreejith to meet Anjali for lunch in the Aon building.  I had no idea there was a Mojo in there.

Hi Anjali - at Mojo in the Aon building

She is good - happy in her new job.  More money, easier work = what's not to like?  Good on her.

Also caught up with Max and the team later in the afternoon.  I didn't drink any iced latte so there is no photographic evidence that actually happened.  Hahahah.

Home and it was lovely to listen to Mike and Toby talk to each other for hours and hours.  It got quite deep and philosophical too.

Happy.

Have a lovely weekend.  It's dragon boat race day tomorrow!  Come and see us!

And happy birthday to Christine for tomorrow too.

Love,
Angela

The Wednesday with the last dragon boat training session

Hi,

Caught up with Kevin yesterday for a good iced latte at The Lab.  Thanks for the (crazy) pics, Bobby.

Iced latte with Kevin!

What are you doing, Bobby?

Sigh - funny selfie time!

Posed shot

Had a late dragon boat session (7 - 8pm) on the water.  Last training of the season.  Race day is this Saturday.  Come and see us.

Frank Kitts park area.  Our race times are below and the weather looks amazing.

9:30am, 11:00am, 12:20pm 2:00pm and a final race sometime between 2:30pm and 4:00pm depending on where we place.


Oosshh!

Toby was back from drama camp yesterday.  I didn't really see much of him.  Mike got him a burger on his way home but it was so late I was already in bed.

Up early (4.30am) to walk in for my PT session.  But I am a little bit wrung out.  Better get amped up for Saturday between now and then, eh?

Have a great day.
Love,
Angela

The Tuesday with dragon boat training

Hi,

It was hard work to get out of the house this morning in the rain and head into town for the group PT session.

But I did it!

Post group PT session

My arms are quite tuckered out from yesterday's efforts (bench and dragon boat training) on top of this morning's session.  Plus, I do have the last training in the boat tonight.  Quite late too - 6.30pm start for 7 - 8pm on the water.

Thursday morning latte

And a selfie.  Andrew looks like Aidan a bit here

As I hadn't seen Andrew for a bit, we squashed in a coffee catch up.  Yay.  I had none yesterday.  That's what happens.

Anyway, we were almost done when Dot came in looking for a light brekkie.  How cool was that?  We chatted away to her for a bit.  She is down for work and has a session somewhere in the Majestic building.

Headed off to work, and typing with T-Rex arms (that's how it feels).

Enjoy your day!

Love,
Angela

The Monday back at work

Hi,

Monday.  It was a thing.  I scared Steph early in the morning when I noticed we were dressed the same.

Bronwyn captures me dressed like Steph

Steph captures me standing behind her and wonders what on earth I am doing...

Oh yeah - ninja Monday!

Iced latte with Andrew

Toby is off at drama camp.  Mike went home after lunch with a migraine.  I got home after PT and spin and met Juliette.  She has a few chrysalis on her fence and has hatched a few monarch butterflies already this summer.

Juliette's monarch butterflies in the making

Up early for Spin this morning.  Dragon boating tonight.

Enjoy your day.

Love,
Angela

The weekend in Wellington

Hi,

The weekend was fun - all in Wellington.  But we had a few things on, so it felt a bit more productive than just doing nothing at home.

Legs ready for group PT session!

I caught the bus in Saturday morning with Mike.  I went to the group PT session while he went to the gym with Alvin from his work.

That Saturday session is so hard.  1 hour, 6 stations, 4 reps by 2 exercises at each station.  Who invented skipping anyway?  They should be expunged from history for creating such tortuous exercise.  Hahahah!

Mike outlifted Alvin so he was happy.  We met at Joe's Garage for brekkie afterwards.

Joe's for an iced coffee.  How's my hair?

Me rolling my eyes at Mike trying to take a photo

Posing finally

Then home to get changed and ready for Leanne and Matt's BBQ.  The view from their street is amazing.  Chatted to lots of people - met a lot as we left too.  Guess we timed it a bit poorly.

View from Leanne and Matt's street

Friday latte

And... a completely out of sequence pic of my Friday iced latte.  Because... Google.  Actually, I have no clue why it is way down here in the list of pics.

Feet get pampered

Sunday I went to use my voucher from Mike from Christmas and got my feet pampered.  I'll get a pic of the nails all bright and shiny like a fire engine soon.

Just Dance with Toby

 Sunday night saw Mike at work (boo!) and Toby and I enjoying some Just Dance sessions.  Toby videoed me - and I reckon you would be hard pressed to choose between dancing and karaoke which particular skill I am worse at.

Could be dancing, based on what I saw.  I didn't realised the sniggering behind me from Toby was because he was capturing the awkwardness on his iPad.  He sent the vids to Mike on our chat. 

I sent them to Mum and Karen.

They may be sniggering all the way over in Australia now too. 

Monday morning sunrise - can you see Smudge?

A blush of pink in the sunrise

This morning is gorgeous in Wellington.  No wind and a lovely light blush of a sunrise.  Smudge enjoyed it too.

Mike and I put the Good Nature trap out

I checked my trap app - no kills yet.  Mike and I put it out on Saturday.  It's right outside our bedroom window.  We're wondering if we'd actually hear the thing fire if it went off.

First thing I do when I wake up is check my app.

Ooohhhhh.

It's so exciting.

Have an awesome week ahead.

Love,
Angela