The weekend in Wellington for all of us

Hi,

Well, that was an unusual Friday night.  We saw the GP with Toby at 4.30pm and she sent us to the Emergency Department of the hospital, just so we could get blood tests for Toby to rule out anything more sinister.

And you know what happens when you attend A&E and it isn't an emergency...  We waited for hours.  Oh well.  We had Kindles and Mike got food for Toby.  So all was not a complete loss.

Toby in A&E

Turns out that Toby's blood tests were perfectly normal.  Yay.  So at midnight we finally got pain relief dispensed and away home we all went.

Saturday was a slow day for us all though.  Hahah!  I took Toby in for a haircut nice and early Saturday morning.  He looks even more gorgeous now.

Iona and Col rang me from Mt Bruce where they were being attacked by marauding kakas, and asked me to the rugby that evening in town.  I juggled a few things and said yes!  Woot!  Been wanting to go to watch rugby with Col for years now!


Mike dropped me off at Maria Luca's - that wonderful Italian place behind the defence building.  I met Iona and Col there and we had dinner.  I even ordered the cappuccino creme brulee dessert there, because it is so good!

Dinner at Maria Luca's

From there we met Brian and Tom at the cake tin and went into the stadium to watch the game! I got pretty wet walking up to the stadium.  Jeans stayed wet all night. But so happy to get in to watch the game.  Col scored 6 free tickets,  Woot!  I reckon there would have been barely 1000 people in the stadium to watch Wellington thrash Northland.  But we had a great time!

I bought Col a hot dog from Fritz's Wieners and it cost me $16.  I think the woman charged me for the man beside me too.  Lucky Col enjoyed it!

Rugby!

Go Wellington!

Mike drove into the dark and rainy night to pick us up.  And a good thing too as it was still pouring down.  We dropped Iona and Col off at their hotel and headed back home.

I stupidly kept reading until 1am.  Groan.  And was up at 5.20am when my internal alarm went off.  Hahah!  More dorky behaviour.

Mike and I started the declutter exercise Mike has been talking about for months.  We started in the spare room.  This is Mike knee-deep in Toby's soft toys from behind his bed.

We start the spare room tidy up exercise

We have a lot of work to do!  That's all I can say.

From there we went to have tea at the Tabor household.  I collected Christine, Tom and Brian from their house and we went to the Tabor house and waited patiently for Mike.  (I at least had the drinks with me, so we were happy.

Aidan set us up around her breakfast bar, and poured drinks as she leaned across it.  We could have been in a pub.  Hahah!  Mike arrived with the food and we proceeded to make a good dint in the mountain of food.  We reckon they closed up for the night after we collected our dinner as they had hit the profit target for the day!

After dinner, we sat around doing the Stuff quiz.  Then Tom sorted us out to play this Werewolf game where werewolves kill innocent villagers and you have to guess who did it.  It was fun, despite my initial misgivings about it when described to us.  I think Aidan enjoyed it - she got to be a werewolf and a witch.  I saw her eyes shining with excitement when I caught a glimpse during the game. She might have enjoyed the stealthy murders she was committing.  I was always a villager.  Actually, pretty sure we all enjoyed it.  The boys were noisy though.  Lots of chatter when you have your eyes shut and all terribly misleading.  Hahah!

We stumbled out at 8.30pm and I dropped everyone home before heading home myself.  I read lots until Mike made me out down my Kindle.  Good thing.  I got loads of sleep as a result.

Right.  Time for the week to kick off.

Have a fantastic week ahead.

Love,
Angela

The Thursday with dinner with Ange

Hi,

Ok.  I had an iced coffee with Sally (work colleague) during the day.  But I'm not sure that counts as anything work related.  Sally just got back from a holiday so I heard about it.  Sounded - warm!

Mixed Business goodness

Well, after a rather nondescript day at work (apart from the iced coffee), I did get a huge bonus in the evening.  Ange invited me around to her place for tea.  The My Food Bag meal-for-two for this week was a fish curry.  Ooooo.  What an awesome night to be invited.  It was scrumptious.

I waited (im) patiently for Mike to get home, having already made dinner for Toby.  Then I was off and out of there and up at Ange's place pretty quick.  The dinner was almost ready so I was soon sitting down and scoffing yummy curry.

We chatted away for ages and although it got to 8.30pm and I was getting more and more horizontal on the couch, the conversation perked me up and I stayed another hour.  So way past my bedtime!

Got home and Toby was having a restless night due to his tummy aches.  We have him booked into the doctor again today.

The weekend beckons, but let's just see what happens, eh?  Mike is off tramping.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Love,
Angela

The Wednesday with E and D coming over

Hi,

 What a lovely day yesterday - like spring.  I went for a bike ride at lunch time, following Mary on her run.  She ran all the way to NIWA and I left her there to run back on her own and hurtled back as I had to interview someone for a job.  The lift never co-operated and took me to my floor - with my bike.  I had no time to go back down and then come up and get changed.  So I threw my bike at my desk and rushed into the shower room to get changed.  Ran into the interview right on time!  Ooossshhh!

Lunch time run

Stunning lunch time running weather

Anyway, I got the car to take home as Mike was going out after work.  I got home to find Emerson and Duncan already home and enjoying time with Toby.  They assured me homework was fine.  Riiiigghht!

I cooked tea for them and they all ate loads.  Look at the number of veges on the plate!  It was Toby's favourite meal.  Chicken schnitzels.

Look at those veges

 The boys relaxed after tea and eventually they got ready for bed.  It wasn't too long before they all dropped off to sleep.

Mike, on the other hand, came rummaging around the window at 12.45am like a demented hedgehog to let me in.  Then he asked if I had been following his evening on Facebook.  Well, no!  Bit hard to do that when you're fast asleep!

Aidan had an evening work function out at Trentham to attend - hence the mid-week sleepover.  And on Thursday she has a long drive to the Linton camp for something on up there.  So it made sense for the boys to come and stay.  Much easier.

This morning I got up early because I had three lunches to make.  I hope the boys like the lunch I prepared them.  It wasn't much like the lunch I threw out of their lunchbox before I put the new one in.  They both got two bread rolls.  Made with love.  They are tiny ones.  Hahahah!  And a whole heap of fruit and some biscuits and Doritos.

The sunrise this morning was stunning.  It is brilliant sunshine now when I ride in.  Guess that means the change to daylight savings isn't far away now.  Another month maybe.

Soft purple sunrise

Toby is still sick off school.  Same tummy bug.  Gah!  Poor kid.

Right.  Time for tea.  I need tea.  Tea makes everything much better.

Have a fantastic day.

Love,
Angela

The Tuesday with nothing much

Hi,

What a wild and windy Tuesday that was.  And rainy.  Did I mention rainy?  Hahah.  I got the car to drive home and once I got there and sorted out tea for Toby, it hosed down.  It was so yucky.

But I went out to collect Mike from the supermarket after he had his haircut.  We did the shopping and came home to sort out the evening.  I managed to tidy a bit.  How it was messy after the weekend just finished I'll never understand.  But now it is vaguely tidy.

Emerson and Duncan are coming to stay tonight.  And now they have some space in Toby's room to actually sleep.  Bonus!

Toby is still sick.  But I think it is getting better.  Fingers crossed.

Right.  Time to kick start the day.

Have a great day!

Love,
Angela

The Monday with Toby still sick

Hi,

Monday disappeared in a blur.  Toby was still sick, and fortunately the doctor we visited was a pediatrician and examined Toby.  Turns out he has a viral stomach thing that means he gets constant cramps.  He groans.  A lot.  Anyhow, his appetite is unaffected, so he requested McDonalds for dinner as we were right opposite at the urgent pharmacy (nothing urgent, that is its name).

Back home and waited for Mike to come home.  Apparently he has an awful wife who lured him to have a bath instead of him working late.  Not sure why he puts up with that sort of behaviour.

Slept the sleep of the dead.  Seriously.  Only woke up when the alarm went off.  Then listened to some cats facing off outside our window somewhere.  Mike drove me in and we had a quick breakfast in town,

The weather is a bit pants here.  Not cold, but rainy and windy.

Right.  Time to kick start the day.

Have a fantastic day wherever you are.

Love,
Angela

The weekend with a great Sunday!

Hi,


Mike headed off to Ruapehu Friday night in the Corolla and sang loudly all the way and made great time.  But he did get another migraine just as he arrived.  Poor Mike.

I did have an iced coffee on Friday morning though with Ilske.  Gasoline, again.  And it was a good one.  High on the number rating.  A nine, I reckon.

Iced coffee with Ilske

Next morning was gorgeous and I sat on the deck in the sun with my cup of tea, in my pyjamas!  What winter?  Meanwhile Mike was skiing on superb snow only 4.5 hours away.

Tea on the deck in my pjs

Toby and I had a picnic on the deck as he was still too sick to do the walk I wanted to do with him.  Sore tummy - still.

Picnic time with Toby - still too sick to go out for a picnic

I read and did some housework for the rest of the day.  And read.  And read some more.  It was great!

I stupidly decided at 11pm that I needed bread for my breakfast and hauled out the breadmaker and rummaged around for ages for yeast.  Found none.  Came to terms with my grief at the loss of freshly baked bread for breakfast and stumbled back to bed.  Hahah!  What a dork I am!

Next morning I was up far too early considering I had stayed up late reading.  More dorky behaviour.  So unbecoming.  But the good thing about getting up early was getting an invitation to go to Waikanae with Aidan and her boys.  Yay!

Toby and I got ready and Aidan collected us.  We went via Archway books at Pukerua Bay where I found a cool book on the archaeology of the Auckland Islands.  Then off to The Front Room with Sarah and her kids for lunch.  Mmmmm.  Hadn't been there for a while.  Since my solo visit about 6 months ago.

More iced coffee

Toby looking like a rock star (ta Aidan)

Me, basking the the presence of rock stardom - obviously

Off to the beach after that and a good play and wander around (although Toby stayed in the car with his sore tummy).

General beach fun

Hello toes

Not my toes above, I have to say.  I think her toes were getting their first public outing for the winter.  Her toes hibernate.  Lots.


Look at the photo with me and Lulu.  My hair is way shaggier than her fur.  I desperately need a haircut.  The only difference is that Lulu rolled in the sand and I didn't.  Imagine what it would have looked like if I'd rolled around too.  My hair isn't so much framing my face as obscuring it.  Oops.

Me and Lulu.

As we drove home from Waikanae, I was looking at passing cars, as Aidan is entertaining thoughts of a replacement for Moby.  As I did so, a car with our number plate went past us!  Mike!  Aidan hurtled after him, flashing her lights and we drove in convoy for ages, chatting together on our phones.  So funny.  SH1 is such a tiny place, really.

Back home to do loads of ironing.  Groan.  And a bath with Mike.  Happy!

Had a great weekend.  Time with Toby.  Lots of reading.  Some vague attempt at housework.  And Waikanae unexpected fun.  Choice.  I'd do it all again in a heartbeat.  Come on next weekend.  Hurry up already!

I had to laugh at Toby during the weekend.  He looked at me and said "Mum, can you make sure you only buy seedless mandarins from now on".  I said I did only buy seedless, that is what the label said.  But I had also found seeds when I ate the mandarins.  You should have seen his horrified face when he realised false advertising exists!  Life lesson, right there!

Have a blast of a week!  Enjoy it lots.

Love,
Angela

The Thursday with chaos

Hi,

Thursday was chaotic in some weird way.  I had a client meeting in town and went to that.  Then I packed my laptop into my pannier and rode home to work from there as Toby is sick.  He has stomach pains that are constantly giving him gyp.  I wondered if he wanted to go to A&E but he said maybe the doctor.  Anyhow, Aidan texted and said they were at A&E with Emerson with the same sorts of symptoms.  They ruled out appendicitis (which had crossed my mind) and said it was likely viral.

So, Toby is home again today, but we're hoping it is not as bad.  His appetite seems ok still.  And he isn't sick, is happy enough when he's not hunched over.  He ate two jumbo packets of sushi for lunch yesterday.  And I noted that the entire pack of Tim Tams was finished!  Can you live on sushi and Tim Tams?  Some exotic diet?

Ed (colleague) cheered me up

Dinner last night

Bubbles also cheered me up

Today (Friday) is a far better day.  Although Toby woke in the night, I got him some Panadol and he went back to sleep.  And the sun is shining and it looks great out there.

Mike is off to the mountain for the weekend and Toby and I (if he is well) are planning a long walk tomorrow with a picnic,  Yay!

Have a lovely Friday and a great weekend.

Love,
Angela