Rick, Nicky and Claire in NZ

It has been a week of getting back to normal, and the weather has assisted by being good all week (apart from a damp Wednesday) enabling me to return to my laundry duties. Nicky commented that the two green laundry baskets (which were used one inside the other because of their condition) that I use to keep the ironing in were well past their sell-by date, so I replaced them with a spanking new white one this week. Such excitement! Tuesday was a good day as for the first time since my return I actually felt awake when getting up - the jet lag finally fading away. It was a bit of a shame it hadn’t happened a day earlier as I had my longest Mac job of the week in Takapuna on Monday morning, and concentrating was a bit of a struggle. However, I think it went OK, and I did a couple of other jobs this week too. So, all in all, it feels like a week where things have been achieved. I had major problems with my left knee on Tuesday evening, so had to give it some TLC for for the next coup...

Hello Dear Reader, I'm back. My trip to England wasn't the easiest three weeks of my life, but it was successful. I was able to help Gill clear mum's house, get it on the market, and much to our surprise, sold. Nicky took me to the airport on the morning of Tuesday 24th Sept to catch my Singapore Airlines flight to Heathrow. Along with my baggage I was taking a swollen left ankle, the result of a couple of mozzie bites that my body wasn't appreciating. The 10 hour flight to Singapore didn't do them any good, but things improved in the 4 hours I had in Terminal 3, walking around, putting my foot up, and having a cup of tea and sticky bun. The anti-histamines which I bought at Auckland airport might have started to take effect too. Unfortunately things went downhill on the 13 hour flight to London, and to add insult to the injury about half way through the flight I bashed my ankle on the seat support in front of me. The paracetamol didn't really take the edge...