Hi,
Actually - pretty normal yesterday, really. Work is busy - and that was pretty normal. I caught up with Mike at the car after work and we headed home.
Cooked tea - the boys loved their chicken satay sticks. They ate it all up. And then before I knew it, it was sleeping time.
And that was my day.
But - today is Friday! Yay! And the weekend beckons with it chock full of plans. Saturday abs session at the gym tomorrow morning (OMG - what???) and then visiting Philippa's open studio after lunch. Then some BBQ for Mike and a quiz for me and Andrew in the evening. Then I am foolishly going to see a Bruce Springsteen tribute band Saturday night. In Upper Hutt.
Riiiighhhtt.
Sunday I hope to see Iona and Col at a cafe up the coast a wee bit (they are here for a wedding). And then some laundry to see my week off to a great start next week.
Hahahah.
Toby has Capt Marvel tonight. And we have a school teacher interview thingy this afternoon.
There you go. Busy.
Have a great weekend.
Love,
Angela
Friday, March 29, 2019
Thursday, March 28, 2019
The Wednesday with a spontaneous quiz night
Hi,
What a crazy day. Spin bookended my day - 6.30am with Flo (always good!) and 5.30pm with Josie. Great fun.
I did get away with Joycie for a takeaway Machete iced latte. Mmmmm. It was so good sipping at that when I got back to my desk.
Hurtled out to Microsoft to support a guy in my team presenting NZBN fun. He did so well. Mike was in the audience. Rami did a introduction and we observed a minute silence for colleagues killed in Christchurch.
After work I went to spin - and then Mike convinced me to come and help him in some spontaneous quiz at The Churchill. We were a team of two and I got there at the end of Round 2.
After some fun rounds, we ended up in second place and scored $50 and a 2for1 meal voucher. The team that beat us had 10 punters in the team, so their winnings amounted to very little in comparison once they split their winnings. Hahahah.
Ubered home listening to some crazy stories from the driver (some woman that lived in Karori pinned a destination in Palmerston North. He tried to clarify - she insisted. Turns out she was astonished when she looked up and they were in Pukerua Bay.).
Fell into bed. Slept like I was in a coma.
Nice day today. PT session with Quentin killed my arms. They feel like long wet noodles right now.
Have a fantastic day. Toby is off to see Captain Marvel tonight.
Love,
Angela
What a crazy day. Spin bookended my day - 6.30am with Flo (always good!) and 5.30pm with Josie. Great fun.
I did get away with Joycie for a takeaway Machete iced latte. Mmmmm. It was so good sipping at that when I got back to my desk.
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| Iced latte with Joycie - in my keeper cup |
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| May the force be with me |
Hurtled out to Microsoft to support a guy in my team presenting NZBN fun. He did so well. Mike was in the audience. Rami did a introduction and we observed a minute silence for colleagues killed in Christchurch.
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| Nailed it! |
After work I went to spin - and then Mike convinced me to come and help him in some spontaneous quiz at The Churchill. We were a team of two and I got there at the end of Round 2.
After some fun rounds, we ended up in second place and scored $50 and a 2for1 meal voucher. The team that beat us had 10 punters in the team, so their winnings amounted to very little in comparison once they split their winnings. Hahahah.
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| Nailed that too! |
Ubered home listening to some crazy stories from the driver (some woman that lived in Karori pinned a destination in Palmerston North. He tried to clarify - she insisted. Turns out she was astonished when she looked up and they were in Pukerua Bay.).
Fell into bed. Slept like I was in a coma.
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| What a great woman - and we're going to see her again in May. |
Nice day today. PT session with Quentin killed my arms. They feel like long wet noodles right now.
Have a fantastic day. Toby is off to see Captain Marvel tonight.
Love,
Angela
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
The Tuesday with lunch with Iona
Hi,
Highlights of the day were with Iona - that is for sure. What a work day! Hahahah. Let's just leave it alone now. Today is another day.
Scored lunch with Iona and Andrew - Little Peckish. Not too happy with Andrew's soup - bit basic. Anyway - cheap and cheerful.
Caught up with Iona's news and plans. Chatted to Col. I know more now about her new job. Yay!
Went back to work. It continued in the same vein as the morning. But when Sreejith piked from Spin (yes, his work is also manic) I decided to join Sally, Andrew and Iona for tea.
Met Andrew and walked up to Beer Meats Grills (actually - I have no idea of its name - but it was some permutation of that) and enjoyed a beef burger where we asked for the patty to be replaced with the beetroot patty from the vegetarian burger. It was good! There is totally a place for a hash brown in a burger.
Mike joined us and we had dessert while he ate a burger. Then he and I caught an Uber home. And I fell into bed in some pleasant coma.
Gusty winds again today - and the south is being hammered. 80cm of rain in a day on the West Coast. The entire Chc rainfall for a year (or some incredulous statistic like that).
Have a great day!
Love,
Angela
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| Removed the manic photo - iced latte at Little Peckish |
Scored lunch with Iona and Andrew - Little Peckish. Not too happy with Andrew's soup - bit basic. Anyway - cheap and cheerful.
Caught up with Iona's news and plans. Chatted to Col. I know more now about her new job. Yay!
Went back to work. It continued in the same vein as the morning. But when Sreejith piked from Spin (yes, his work is also manic) I decided to join Sally, Andrew and Iona for tea.
Met Andrew and walked up to Beer Meats Grills (actually - I have no idea of its name - but it was some permutation of that) and enjoyed a beef burger where we asked for the patty to be replaced with the beetroot patty from the vegetarian burger. It was good! There is totally a place for a hash brown in a burger.
Mike joined us and we had dessert while he ate a burger. Then he and I caught an Uber home. And I fell into bed in some pleasant coma.
Gusty winds again today - and the south is being hammered. 80cm of rain in a day on the West Coast. The entire Chc rainfall for a year (or some incredulous statistic like that).
Have a great day!
Love,
Angela
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
The Monday back at work and with multiple iced lattes
Hi,
The day was a hard one - but I got two iced lattes. So, by any measure of mine, that is a good day. Right?
I met Toby after work (well, he did have to snooze at reception for an hour - oops) and we got Maccas for tea (sigh) and met Mike in Midland Park to eat it. Surrounded by pigeons. Then I sat for a while at my dentist before my appointment.
My teeth are still perfectly fine. Yay! And I have a hygienist appointment in May some time. Drove home with Mike and tried to buy tickets for Nepal. It was hard.
And then slept like a log.
Today is so windy - a normal Wellington day for wind. And rain is forecast. Let's see, eh?
Have a great day.
Love,
Angela
The day was a hard one - but I got two iced lattes. So, by any measure of mine, that is a good day. Right?
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| Mmmm- best iced latte |
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| Action shot |
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| Celia and I enjoy the best iced latte. And Victor takes a landscape shot. |
I met Toby after work (well, he did have to snooze at reception for an hour - oops) and we got Maccas for tea (sigh) and met Mike in Midland Park to eat it. Surrounded by pigeons. Then I sat for a while at my dentist before my appointment.
My teeth are still perfectly fine. Yay! And I have a hygienist appointment in May some time. Drove home with Mike and tried to buy tickets for Nepal. It was hard.
And then slept like a log.
Today is so windy - a normal Wellington day for wind. And rain is forecast. Let's see, eh?
Have a great day.
Love,
Angela
Monday, March 25, 2019
The weekend with Mike at Ruapehu and me and Toby at home
Hi,
What a chill weekend - yay for those. Mike got away late on Friday as he missed the early getaway slot and the motorway choked up.
Meanwhile Toby and I had a lazy Friday night and Saturday. The weather was really good. Nice and still and warm.
Laundry was the main feature of my weekend. Not very exciting. But a necessity. Toby had a good Sunday. He was up early and away on the bus to Tessa's house for a movie session. She had cooked lunch and he ate well. Even banana loaf! And wee bacon and egg pies. He got the recipe from Tessa so I am hoping to get an egg-only version from him very soon.
Mike got home around 7pm ish and we all ate tea. Mike also got a call from a worried tramper's wife and he gave good advice. They were late back from a kayak trip and by this stage she had been expecting their call 4 hours ago. So he said to ring SAR and talk to them about it.
But thirty mins later he got a text saying they had got out of the bush and called. Yay!!
Slept so well - and up early for my first real PT session with Quentin. Mondays and Thursdays at 6.30. Oosshh.
Hope your week is a good one.
Love,
Angela
Meanwhile Toby and I had a lazy Friday night and Saturday. The weather was really good. Nice and still and warm.
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| Iced latte goodness at Machete |
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| Smudge looking adorable |
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| Here she comes |
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| Moxley checking me out |
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| Enjoying the calm sunset |
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| Prowling the deck |
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| You got any food? |
Laundry was the main feature of my weekend. Not very exciting. But a necessity. Toby had a good Sunday. He was up early and away on the bus to Tessa's house for a movie session. She had cooked lunch and he ate well. Even banana loaf! And wee bacon and egg pies. He got the recipe from Tessa so I am hoping to get an egg-only version from him very soon.
Mike got home around 7pm ish and we all ate tea. Mike also got a call from a worried tramper's wife and he gave good advice. They were late back from a kayak trip and by this stage she had been expecting their call 4 hours ago. So he said to ring SAR and talk to them about it.
But thirty mins later he got a text saying they had got out of the bush and called. Yay!!
Slept so well - and up early for my first real PT session with Quentin. Mondays and Thursdays at 6.30. Oosshh.
Hope your week is a good one.
Love,
Angela
Friday, March 22, 2019
The Thursday with busy stuff
Hi,
Caught up with James, Celia (wow - she made it to brekkie) and Kate and I had a yummy breakfast. And an iced latte that the waiter called "an icy thingy". Hahahah. I didn't mind it at all.
Crazy day that kept me at work for ages. Then I met Mike at Leuven and we Ubered home. I cooked tea and before I knew it, it was bedtime.
Mike is off to Ruapehu this weekend - meeting Wally and the gang. But Toby had a drama rehearsal ahead of the debut of the play - but that got cancelled last minute. And he made other plans. So I am stuck at home - but it shouldn't be too bad. I want to take Toby to practise his motorcycle skills. And that should be a bit of entertainment.
I hope your weekend is a good one. We have 2 minutes of silence today at 1.32pm to remember the atrocities committed at that time last Friday.
I am going to lend my name to the lobby for tighter gun control. It's a good thing.
Love,
Angela
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| Little Peckish icy thingy - as the waiter said |
Caught up with James, Celia (wow - she made it to brekkie) and Kate and I had a yummy breakfast. And an iced latte that the waiter called "an icy thingy". Hahahah. I didn't mind it at all.
Crazy day that kept me at work for ages. Then I met Mike at Leuven and we Ubered home. I cooked tea and before I knew it, it was bedtime.
Mike is off to Ruapehu this weekend - meeting Wally and the gang. But Toby had a drama rehearsal ahead of the debut of the play - but that got cancelled last minute. And he made other plans. So I am stuck at home - but it shouldn't be too bad. I want to take Toby to practise his motorcycle skills. And that should be a bit of entertainment.
I hope your weekend is a good one. We have 2 minutes of silence today at 1.32pm to remember the atrocities committed at that time last Friday.
I am going to lend my name to the lobby for tighter gun control. It's a good thing.
Love,
Angela
Thursday, March 21, 2019
The Wednesday with dinner and a movie
Hi,
Work was kind enough to allow a bit of a breather after a hectic start to the week. It's all relative, isn't it? Glad to have lovely colleagues around me.
I met Christine after work and she had a quick cup of tea with me before Celia picked us up outside. We went to the Penthouse in Brooklyn and had dinner there.
Despite it being 1830, I had an iced coffee. Did nothing. By 1920 I was getting sleepy at the table. Hahahah.
Went into the movie - we saw Captain Marvel. And while it was good, it wasn't fantastic. Celia kindly dropped us at our homes afterwards.
I saw my boys briefly before a completely comatose sleep.
In other events, I took a photo of a colleague's cat - and how cool does she look? She looked like a cat from Minecraft - so I had to take a pic. And the flash makes her (maybe she's a he?) look like she is some sort of immortal cat from another galaxy.
Right. Time for another day. And a stunning one it is too. Take care.
Love,
Angela
Work was kind enough to allow a bit of a breather after a hectic start to the week. It's all relative, isn't it? Glad to have lovely colleagues around me.
I met Christine after work and she had a quick cup of tea with me before Celia picked us up outside. We went to the Penthouse in Brooklyn and had dinner there.
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| Panorama of dinner |
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| Iced coffee @ Penthouse |
Went into the movie - we saw Captain Marvel. And while it was good, it wasn't fantastic. Celia kindly dropped us at our homes afterwards.
I saw my boys briefly before a completely comatose sleep.
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| Galaxy cat |
In other events, I took a photo of a colleague's cat - and how cool does she look? She looked like a cat from Minecraft - so I had to take a pic. And the flash makes her (maybe she's a he?) look like she is some sort of immortal cat from another galaxy.
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| Ginger drink |
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| Birthday nuts |
Right. Time for another day. And a stunning one it is too. Take care.
Love,
Angela
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