The Monday with Spin after work

 Hi,

Let's see - what was my Monday like?

Worked from home due to this cold/not a cold thing. Well, I almost always WFH on Mondays. So that wasn't the reason, I guess. But, I was checking if it changed. And by the end of the day, I felt like it was ok to go to Spin.

Yeah - not sure it was a good idea to go to Spin. I am not very symptomatic with this cold. No dribbly nose, no cough. Yet. But during Spin, my chest felt tight and despite not giving it my all, my heart rate on Strava was higher than usual. Apparently I made a greater effort than usual. Hahah.

Anyway, I got home and Mike had tea ready. Woot!

Smudge

Me and Smudge

Incoming smooch

Moxley

Smudge

Spin

Toby asked for more cat content so I chased the cats, trying to get pics. And after tea we chatted to him. Ran through our meeting agenda items. Took actions. Hahah. I had best get onto mine!

Off to bed. Slept well. Quentin and I decided to sleep in this morning and have a session at lunch time. Yes, I am WFH today. This is mainly because of the fledgling cold. And Mike is also WFH as he might have caught a cold from... someone.

I so do not want a cold. I have my marine mammal training this Saturday!

Anyway. Let's see how the day progresses. Take care, wherever you are.

Love,

Angela

The weekend with Wellington things

 Hi,

What a busy weekend. Friday saw me up early for gym with Quentin (followed by Mike having a session with Quentin). Then I headed home to chill for a bit.

Friday cats

Saturday we got up early and did another Park Run volunteer morning at Waitangi Park. It was another wet one. But for the hour of Park Run, it wasn't too bad. As we packed up the last of the cones, it really started hosing down. Dropped Janine off and headed to the gym with Sally. She was already at Willis St, so we backtracked from the motorway (via Newlands) to town.

Saturday gym

Machete iced latte with Mike and Sally

We grabbed a brekkie and iced latte after the gym at Machete. Out to Petone to Wet & Forget to buy some cleaning products. The woman we met at Rainbow ski field from their Nelson office convinced me to try their Hit the Deck product. We bought a bit of stuff! Dropped Sally at home so she could prepare for her grocery drop later that day. Or maybe read a lot. :-)

We popped out around 2.30pm to vote. Drove out to Karori and 10 minutes later we had cast our votes in the 2023 General Election. It is on next weekend. Saturday, Oct 14.

We voted!

Turns out Toby voted too

While we were voting in Wellington, Toby and Tessa were out doing the same thing in Christchurch. Very proud of my civic-minded son.

Moxley helping

Sunday saw us meet Kara at the zoo when it opened. Mike was on a calf raises tour of the zoo. Mike and I got in early and raced to the snow leopards enclosure. They were not even let out yet. So we milled about. Then they came out - and Kara came racing up to us. From a direction opposite to the entrance. She had gone the long way - hahahah.

Calf raises at the zoo

Calf raises on a snow leopard

So close to the snow leopard

Stretching to scratch

Me and Kara

Tiger

Iced latte at Banana Cafe

Tiger

Loved the zoo - again. Got myself a chimp and some sleep pants at the gift shop. Headed home to try the Wet & Forget.

Before deck

Before deck

During - it really does work

After deck

After deck

Happy with that

I was very happy with the 2.5 hours it took to clean up the deck. Mike didn't get good results with his shower stuff. The glass is still etched with built up mineral deposits. He did ask Facebook and now has a lot (A LOT) of suggestions to try.

My cold seems to have come back. Monday morning saw me do another covid test - in case. But - negative. Scratchy throat (slightly), tight chest (kinda), nose might be thinking about dribbling (but... is it?). Yeah - I dunno.

I am so excited about the Project Jonah training this Saturday too. Same day as the election (and the voice referendum in Australia). Kara booked in too - so yay!

Have a fantastic week everyone.

Love,

Angela

The Wednesday with spin after work

 Hi,

Happy birthday to Ange, today.

I did enjoy spin after work Wed night. Erin made sure she came along and we had such a good spin class. :-)

Spin after work

Erin dropped me back at work on her way home and I got on my bike and headed home to feed the cats. Moxley was in the mood for chasing.

Moxley chasing the duvet monster

Off to bed. Mike got home just after 9pm from tramping meet up. And I slept like a log. I woke up briefly when the heat pump came on at 5.30am. Mike had asked Alexa to turn it on then when we were going to bed.

So good. Warm in the room when I got up. Drove into my PT session. 80kg deads. 3 reps (one more than last time) x 5 sets. And it felt pretty good.

Back home. Wash on. At work.

Weekend is looming. Few things on. Wellington weekend again. The Botanist with Sally and Andrew tonight. I will swing into town (near Green Man) at 6pm to collect Mike from his work function and head to Lyall Bay for 6.30pm dinner.

Hope your weekend is a good one.

Love,

Angela

The Tuesday with working from home

 Hi,

Scratchy throat meant I worked from home again. My throat cleared up through the day and I have no other signs of any sort of cold. So this morning (Wed) I have a far less scratchy throat and no symptoms, so off to work I go. 

Yesterday I did my hour with Quentin at 12pm. We both got a sleep in. And I was online. Sweet as. Given I can feel the shoulders today, it was a good workout with the resistance bands. First time in ages I did it online. But I did find the red band tied to the kitchen table from last time. Hahah.

Cats next to each other

I booked this

Mike went out with Janine to watch her citizenship ceremony. He said it was fantastic. And yay for Janine. Good on her for the commitment. They went out to celebrate after it too.

I was well asleep by the time Mike got home around 2230. Woke briefly, but I wasn't awake for long. Up for PT session this morning. My throat was maybe slightly dry. But I felt ok. So off to the gym on my bike I went.

Did 35kg bench with Quentin. 8 reps x 5 sets. Getting the volume up. Going to aim for one rep of 50kg by the end of the year. So I am on a mission!

Quentin got me an iced latte. Awwwww

Working from town today. I am now showered and at my desk. So, let's see if anything eventuates from the scratchy throat. I do note Mike suggested he might be scratchy thing morning. But - he might also just be dry from last night too. 

We are watching.

I booked tickets to see the new Taylor Swift concert - the film version - at The Embassy next Friday night. Woot! I would totally have gone to see her concert if it was in NZ. And the Melbourne concert is on my birthday next year. But.... too hard. Too expensive. The film version though? Yep - happy to see that for waaaaaaaay less money.

Have a brilliant day. We're off to The Botanist for their degustation meal tomorrow night. Woot! Tonight is Spin for me at 6pm. And unsure if Mike will come to the gym or not. He might be busy with something else. Or he is confused with next Wed night and the leadership meeting. That I also said yes to going to. :-o  

Love,

Angela

The Monday back at work

 Hi,

Okay - this post has one of the most adorable cat content pics ever! Yes, that is me, not building things up at all.

Anyway - I made kiwi crisps yesterday during my lunch break. They turned out okay. Mike found them when he got home and now there are far fewer biscuits. At least they fit in the container easily now.

Made kiwi crisps

Smudge found Mike in my meeting

I was in a meeting with Mike at the end of the day and Smudge came down to my desk to see what I was doing. She couldn't hear Mike because I had headphones on. But she certainly saw him. She has never expressed any interest in my computer monitors. But having his face on there certainly caught her attention. She was stretching up to lovingly caress his face with her paws just before I fished out my phone and took her pic.

She really thought Mike was inside that monitor.

Anyway, I went to Spin after work. Met Mike just as he got home. 1 hour of spin. Then home.

I got to Spin

We enjoyed asparagus rolls for tea - with haloumi. Mmmmm. Then watched some YouTube and then into bed. Mike got the heat pump on the WiFi yesterday and this evening he got it working with Alexa! We live in the future!

Woke up with a scratchy throat. So texted Quentin to do online. He'd had the worst sleep so asked if we could both get a lie in and do our session later today. Done!

I actually did a covid test - just in case. Seems fine so far. I am fine. But I do have the scratchy throat, a slight headache if I think about it and generally just have this malaise.

Woke with a scratchy throat - but not covid

Will WFH again today. See how it goes today. I am not snotty or anything. I will just check if my scratchy throat is a passing dryness. Maybe I slept like I was catching flies all night. Hahahah.

Have a beaut day. Wherever you are.

Love,

Angela

The weekend with WoW

 Hi,

What a great weekend. Well, the weather on Saturday wasn't so good. But Sunday came out okay on the weather front. Monday sees a return to wind and rain though.

Let's see - what did we do?

Friday bench session 35kg

Friday I went to the gym and benched on my own. Not too shabby. Then went from there to my haircut. Saw Jolene and she tamed my messy hair.

Smudge lying in wait - very unusual

Feet waiting for my haircut

Met Mike as my haircut finished up and we walked back to the car and drove to Sarah, Hamish and Ryan's place to have pizza.

Up early Saturday for another volunteer day at Park Run. Thought it might be better than last week, but... no. About 20 mins in, it started tipping down. Lucky I had my overtrousers on. But even so, we got drenched and cold. So much so that we decided (again - like last weekend) to just go straight home and get into the bath!

Which we did. And thaw out once more.

Cold Park Run volunteer day

At 4.30pm, Sally and Andrew collected me for WoW. World of Wearable art. We met Alistair and Vicky - and two friends of theirs (Jillan and John, I think) - at Shed 5 for a WoW dinner. I also had a last minute request for glue to fix Alistair's shoe. So once everyone arrived at Shed 5, I whisked Alistair away to work to use our hot glue gun and try to get his shoe fixed.

Eventually it seemed to adhere ok. 

Dinner was delicious. I had mushroom gyoza and a chocolate dessert - for $75. Yum!

Off to WoW at TSB just after 7pm. And into our excellent seats at 7.10pm. We watched some warm up entertainment and I spotted Erin and Pippa up on the other side.

Waiting for WoW to start

Here we go!

Nice staging

Awesome warm up

Yep - that's cool

Then it all started at 7.30pm. No phones allowed. But what a great show. A futuristic theme - Mars was a destination. And such slick staging. Wow was right.

Got dropped off home at 9.30pm and off to sleep. Lazier start on Sunday. Then met Sally at the gym in Lower Hutt and did bench and deads with her and Mike.

Sunday bench

Lift!

And a close up - ta Mike!

Iced latte at convention centre cafe

Breakfast at the convention centre cafe (what is the name of that place?) was good. Andrew came up from home for it to join us. We chatted for a bit. Did a little life admin (our flat meeting - hahahah) and then off home.

Kowhai in bloom

Cooking chickpea coconut curry

Finished product

Mike and the cats

Cats cuddling

I cooked tea - chickpea coconut curry. It was ok. Would cook again. The cats cuddled up next to Mike - and even when we left to go downstairs, they continued to cuddle on the couch. Awwww.

Mike got some more life admin done. And then bed.

Up for a Monday WFH for me. Mike went to the gym. And what a cold, windy day it is.

Have a wonderful week.

Love,

Angela