The End of April loometh
Sometimes when I sit down to write the weekly blog entry, I am very tempted to paraphrase Arkwright with "It's been an interesting week". (Anyone who doesn't know who Arkwright is should Google Ronnie Barker). This week I have given into to temptation on the grounds that I have not eaten much chocolate.
Nicky has been very busy, both at work and with other commitments. On Tuesday evening she started her free Maori languages class in Henderson. Wednesday evening was her fortnightly life group with fellow parishioners, and Thursday was sewing with the Ranui Quilters. So, she was pleased to spend Friday evening at home, especially as she knew she would be out most of the day yesterday with other family members forming a working party at Clare Cottage.
I have been busy meeting prospective MacOnSite customers and doing some actual work. One of the meetings has produced some work for next week; the other two were very positive and will hopefully lead to work also. I have also managed a swim, done laundry, ironing and shopping. It is back to college next week so massage will start to figure in the schedule again.
Claire has spent much of the week working on assignments and has been up to the library at Massey too. An essay related to the film "Saving Private Ryan" has been heavily worked on.
Saturday was ANZAC day so Claire didn't start work until 12.30 as the shops are not supposed to open during the morning. No such luck for us life class models - I started work at 10 and finished at 4. Most of the session was with just one pose which is always a bit more difficult as specific muscles get tiered more quickly after each break. However, the tutor was very good and reduced the time between breaks to 15mins towards the end of the session.
Today has been an at home day. I spent the morning making a couple of cakes and Nicky made a large batch of scones. I had invited my fellow massage students over for afternoon tea before we commence the second part of our course. Only a few were able to make it but it was good to see them and to be able to chat.
We have an inorganic collection coming up this week so we have been instructed to put our suitable rubbish (stuff that isn't collected in the normal weekly and recycle collections) over the weekend. There is an army of people driving round the area sorting through the stuff put out - most of ours has gone already! The radios and broken office chair went very quickly, as did the CD's from Mac magazines, but the VHS tapes seem less popular. Big surprise there.
The weather has continued to become more autumnal and the temperature is now regularly below 20C. Some mornings it's almost in single digits. The prospect of winter is of course not thrilling, and even though winter in Auckland is not as long and arduous as winter in Loughborough, it is, in my view, worse in one respect. There is no nation-wide mid-winter pagan festival masquerading as a Christian festival here where I get given loads of presents and we eat far to much very unhealthy food. We have to work our way through winter with no Christmas in prospect to cheer the heart. Having Christmas in the summer is much less uplifting for a heathen like me as Summer is already very cheering because of the weather. However, I may make a Christmas Pudding around the time of our wedding anniversary as that is very close to the winter solstice.
Bye for now,
Rick
Nicky has been very busy, both at work and with other commitments. On Tuesday evening she started her free Maori languages class in Henderson. Wednesday evening was her fortnightly life group with fellow parishioners, and Thursday was sewing with the Ranui Quilters. So, she was pleased to spend Friday evening at home, especially as she knew she would be out most of the day yesterday with other family members forming a working party at Clare Cottage.
I have been busy meeting prospective MacOnSite customers and doing some actual work. One of the meetings has produced some work for next week; the other two were very positive and will hopefully lead to work also. I have also managed a swim, done laundry, ironing and shopping. It is back to college next week so massage will start to figure in the schedule again.
Claire has spent much of the week working on assignments and has been up to the library at Massey too. An essay related to the film "Saving Private Ryan" has been heavily worked on.
Saturday was ANZAC day so Claire didn't start work until 12.30 as the shops are not supposed to open during the morning. No such luck for us life class models - I started work at 10 and finished at 4. Most of the session was with just one pose which is always a bit more difficult as specific muscles get tiered more quickly after each break. However, the tutor was very good and reduced the time between breaks to 15mins towards the end of the session.
Today has been an at home day. I spent the morning making a couple of cakes and Nicky made a large batch of scones. I had invited my fellow massage students over for afternoon tea before we commence the second part of our course. Only a few were able to make it but it was good to see them and to be able to chat.
We have an inorganic collection coming up this week so we have been instructed to put our suitable rubbish (stuff that isn't collected in the normal weekly and recycle collections) over the weekend. There is an army of people driving round the area sorting through the stuff put out - most of ours has gone already! The radios and broken office chair went very quickly, as did the CD's from Mac magazines, but the VHS tapes seem less popular. Big surprise there.
The weather has continued to become more autumnal and the temperature is now regularly below 20C. Some mornings it's almost in single digits. The prospect of winter is of course not thrilling, and even though winter in Auckland is not as long and arduous as winter in Loughborough, it is, in my view, worse in one respect. There is no nation-wide mid-winter pagan festival masquerading as a Christian festival here where I get given loads of presents and we eat far to much very unhealthy food. We have to work our way through winter with no Christmas in prospect to cheer the heart. Having Christmas in the summer is much less uplifting for a heathen like me as Summer is already very cheering because of the weather. However, I may make a Christmas Pudding around the time of our wedding anniversary as that is very close to the winter solstice.
Bye for now,
Rick
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