The Tuesday where I picked up my new glasses

Hi,

I picked up my glasses yesterday.  They are for reading and up close work.  Everything beyond the reach of my arm is blurry.  

I walked home from work to avoid crowded (but still free) buses.  It was such a stunning evening.  Barb from work walked with me to Bowen St where she headed to her house in Northland and I continued up Molesworth St.

Mike had dinner sorted as I stepped in the door.  Perfect.  Buddha bowl - and so scrumptious.  Then I remembered my glasses so I showed them off to Mike.

Showing Mike my glasses

And again - in a pose

But I was amazed to see my hands in full detail for the first time in quite a few years and discover I had the hands of an old woman.  OMG - the glasses have aged me 10 years!

Hahahahah.

And I wondered what was on Mike's face.  Turns out it was just his skin - and I could see his pores.  After Mike finished laughing at me, we got ready for bed.

Slept okay and then up early with Mike for group PT session.  Another nice looking day (I think - it is still dark).

Have an awesome day.

Love,

Angela

Contact Register:

Tues June 23 Angela @ optometrist 12.15 - 12.20pm

Wed June 24 Angela and Mike @ Frank Kitts PT 6.30 - 7.15am

The Monday at work but still from home

Hi,

My knee is sore - I tweaked it Thursday night and now I think I have to go to the physio.  Sigh...

I do enjoy working from home.  Made a lovely lunch for me and Mike while he had a meeting. 

Lunch at home

Hey gorgeous Sapphire! Ange's elderly cat.

I caught up with Ange after work - and brought her some of the scrumptious birthday cake that Toby and Tessa made for Mike yesterday.

Patted Sapphire and she purred away like a wee engine.  She is so gorgeous and going strong at 19 years old.

Back home and off to bed nice and early.  Mike and I were probably both asleep by 9pm.  For some weird reason.

Slept so well (despite Moxley snuggling up to me so close and restricting my movements).  Up for PT session this morning.

Need to pick up my glasses today.  And book physio.

Have a wonderful day.

Love,

Angela

Contact register:
Mon 22 Jun 6:30am Angela to Frank Kitts group class. 5pm Angela to Ange's.
Tue 23 Jun 7:00am Angela, Mike to City fitness. 8:00am Angela to work.

The weekend with some celebration of Mike's brthday

Hi,


Saturday morning saw us up early for the group PT session and from there into the queue at Thorndon to WoF the trailer.  We'd checked carefully that the brake light on the driver's side was working and hoped it stayed like that for the WoF.

It did!

We dropped it back at Epuni and then caught up with Sally and Andrew for a quick coffee.  We'd picked up coffees to go from a place in Lower Hutt - Tūtaki, the new events centre cafe.  And Mike knocked on the front door of Sally and Andrew's place as she opened the door to head to Zany Zeus for coffee.

Magic timing!

New phone - and it's not even my birthday

Rushed back home and leapt in the shower and then out to the Master Kong restaurant in the old Wagamama place.  Had our own wee room for Yum Cha.  It was $39 for Yum Cha with no drinks, and $59 for bottomless Yum Cha and bottomless cocktails.  I think.  Anyway.  Mike and I had the $39 but he should have gone for the $59.  The cocktails were coming out fast for Janine, Ana and Daniel.  Allyson also went for $39.

It was very pleasant.  The vegetarian options the chef made for me to compensate for the meat options on the set Yum Cha menu were very good. Jackfruit curry - yummo!

Mike and I took Janine home - via Noel Leeming to pick up my new phone.  Woot!  Dropped Janine home and then I chilled out in the lounge, looking out at the wet, wet day.

Sunday - more rain.  I got my phone up and running.  An app copied everything over via WiFi.  Took a bit of time - but it worked well.

Toby and Tessa spent ages making the best cake ever for Mike's birthday.  Wow.  It was scrumptious.  Mike will insert a pic, I am sure.

Monday morning looking good!

Cauliflower is coming along nicely

Garden loves the recent rain

Manic iced coffee this morning (Monday)

I'd show you a few more pics - but my photos are syncing to somewhere in the cloud and it may be going from oldest to newest because my pics from this morning are not available for me to plonk in here yet.

The week ahead looms large.  A few things on.

Today was 9 years ago I started work at my last work place.  Wow.  Time is flying!  And in my new workplace, I am clocking up close to 3 months already.

Yep - time is zooming by.

Have a wonderful week.

Love,
Angela



Contact register:

Saturday June 20
Group PT session 8.30 - 9.30
Thorndon VTNZ 9.45 - 10.30
Epuni trailer drop off - saw Bev
Tūtaki cafe Lower Hutt - ~ 11.15am
Sally and Andrew's 11.20 - 12pm
Master Kong:  12.35 - 3pm
Noel Leeming Tory St:  3pm - 3.15pm

Sunday June 21
Tessa here - and we dropped her home after tea

The Thursday with another day in the office

Hi,

It's Friday - yay-day!  And another absolutely sodden day here in Wellington.  With a bit of wind - just to make you sit up and take notice.

Friday iced coffee from Lewis Road.

I just tagged this post with the "iced coffee" label and wonder why I have a label called "gladwrap".  I am going to have to click on it and see what posts warranted that label.  It's like social archaeology - having an online diary of what we do.

Gladwrap.

Anyway, yesterday I was flat out in the office.  Never left.

My lunch

Tried to escape at 5.15pm, got held up a bit leaving and then met Andrew for a walk to the station.  Wandered around in the underground bit, heading to the Beehive for Mike to come get me.

It turned into a disaster.  My old phone had 25% battery when I left work.  It is on the network so I could text Mike to say I was leaving work and would meet him soon if he could come get me.  No answer, but I headed out anyway.

I figured at this time it would be busy for him to come into town, sop meeting him at the Beehive would be easier for a pick up.

But in one minute of getting my old phone out to talk to him, it went to zero battery and shut down.  Ooohhhh.  This is why I got a new phone.

:-p

Plenty of charge on the current phone - just no network.  So I wandered around, looking for free WiFi.  Found spotty Parliament Free and tried to call Mike.  Phone went dark on me (which is why I want a new phone).

Garbled messages to Mike - in the dark, in the rain, with a phone I couldn't see

I sent random texts and tried to call Mike.  When I finally found shelter and woke my phone up, I laughed at the random rubbish I had sent Mike.

How he knew what I wanted and managed to come get me, I will never know.

Got home, cooked tea.  Had soup.  It was good.

Weekend beckons.  Bit wet here though.  Have fun!

Love,
Angela




Contact Register:
Thurs June 18
Angela @ work all day
Angela wandering around aimlessly at 5.30pm trying to get a WiFi connection
Angela waiting in the bus stop outside Parliament ~ 5.45pm - 6pm

The Wednesday with Mike's unbirthday

Hi,

Wednesday was quite busy and productive.  Busy day at work - actually in the office.  I worked opposite Mike at desks so it was a different perspective from the office at home.  Hahah.  He was in a meeting with someone who was sitting next to someone in my meeting and he could hear me over the pod and through his headphones.

Huh?

I must have been very excited.

Met Toby at the optometrist and his eyes haven't changed since the last time.  But my age is showing and now I need reading glasses.  So after a long examination with Andrew (I have mighty fine looking optic nerves) he decided I have no signs of Glaucoma but I really should not have waited for 5 years since my last examination.  The recall said come back in 18 months and... 5 years later.

Hahah.

Now I have a two year recall - and I chose reading glasses.  Toby also got a second pair of glasses.

So thank you Andrew and Clark for helping me choose.  Because goodness knows I am hopeless at it.  And thank you Toby for telling me to avoid tortoiseshell otherwise I'd look like a "Karen".  And not Aunty Karen, because she's cool.  But just a white, middle-aged entitled woman.

Oh.

It would help if I knew what tortoiseshell really looked like.  But after I kept going back to a pair I liked, Toby finally asked Clark:  Are there any that aren't tortoiseshell?

Oh.

Oohhh.  Is that what it looks like?

Walked back to pick up my stuff at work and met Mike and colleagues at Bin 44 for a bit.  Toby got sick of that and caught the bus home.  We went to New World on the way home.

Fell into bed and had to get up too early for PT session with Quentin.  Mike is totally over his migraine.  He was running on the treadmill like it was a Sunday stroll.

Have a great day.  Stay dry and warm.  Goodness, it is so wet here.

Love,
Angela



Contact Register:

June 17
Angela @ group PT
Mike on 14 bus ~ 8am
Mike and Angela @ work
Mike and Angela @ Noel Leeming Tory St ~ 12.15 - 12.45pm
Mike on Flamingo scooter 12.50pm
Angela and Toby at optometrist 4 - 6pm
All @ Bin44 6pm - 7pm
Toby on bus home ~ 7pm
Angela and Mike @ Thorndon New World ~ 7 - 8pm
Pizza delivered ~ 8.30pm (okay - mix up there between Mike and Toby.  Mike read "wit md" as wait a minute instead of "with Mountain Dew")

The Tuesday with Mike's birthday

Hi,

After a day at home for work (don't ask!) we got ready to go out for Mike's birthday.  Yay.  Highlight of the day.

And because my phone wasn't really working I have barely any pics to show for my day.

Dense loaf of bread

Vivienne dropped off a present for Mike for his birthday.  But she didn't get our attention (we may have been downstairs with headsets on for meetings).

Toby, Mike and I headed in to meet Sally and Andrew at the Ortega Fish Shack.  Tessa walked down from WHS to meet us there.

The day was so wet and windy.  Brrr.  The restaurant was toastie pie warm.  Ok.  A bit too warm, maybe.  We all shed layers as we ate.

Such lovely food.  One veg option for the mains - but it was good.  Potato gnocchi.  Mike and Toby had the fillet.  They said it was superb.  Tessa and Sally had the lamb - also got the big thumbs up.

Desserts looked good but I opted for the cheese board with Andrew.  It was really good.  A creamy goats cheese.  Roquefort.  And some hard cows cheeses.  Comte was one of them.  But I really didn't pay close enough attention to the names.

We're going to get a heat pump (for Mike's birthday).  Well, seems like a house present to me. 

And Toby and I are off to the optometrist today too.

Woot!

Have an awesome day.  It's Mike's unbirthday today.

Love,
Angela


Contact Register:
Tue June 16
Mike and Angela to City Fitness Willis St from 7am - 7.30am
Angela @ work from 7.35am - 7.45am
Angela, Mike, Toby, Tessa, Sally, Andrew @ Ortega Fish Shack 5.45pm - 8pm.

The Monday back at work

Hi,

Today (Tuesday) is a happy birthday to Mike day!  Woot.

As Roz pointed out, I am so slow with today's blog, it is hardly a "good morning" blog.  

Yes.  So - good afternoon everyone!

Mike's birthday is today.  He's still sick from his migraine yesterday.  My water bottle leaked all over the carpet before we left the house this morning.  We were late to my PT session (ok - only a min - but still!).  Mike was too sick for his session (and he did look a bit worse for the weather).  We split up to get ready for work - I went to Z to shower.  He showered at the gym.  

At work I realised I left my PC at home.  My phone is broken so I couldn't contact Mike.  I mistakenly left a message on another chat saying:  Mike, ring me.  They panicked and asked me what I was saying.  I couldn't read that.  

I met Mike and he rescued me.  We drove back home.  I am now snug in the home office with my slippers on and the heater on.

It's probably a good thing for Mike and his migraine leftover.

My phone is still broken.  Except - when Mike uses it, it gets brighter and you can actually read the screen.  Don't ask me.  I have no clue.  Maybe his hands cover something that detects ambient light and it brightens it enough to read?  I have no clue.

I need a new phone.  Mike sparked up my old phone.  It did 317 Android updates.

I also had no clue what to get Mike.  But ended up getting up a back and shoulders massage.  Maybe he has tension there that doesn't help with the migraines?  I hope he likes it.

Could become a regular thing.

Right.  Time to post this so Roz is happy.

Stay warm - it is so wet and cold here.

Love,

Angela