Short week

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It has been a short work week for Nicky as she had Tuesday off as TOIL and Wednesday was a public holiday with it being Waitangi Day. We had a quiet day on Monday after a bit of a rushed start as I had to go and see a customer at short notice and get back in time for Nicky to have the car to go and have her breast screening. On Tuesday she and Mary went to the hot pools in Parakai to use Nicky’s Secret Santa gift vouchers. They had a lovely time swimming and wallowing and then later finding a café for a very welcome cup of tea.

After a late breakfast on Wednesday I did the ironing while Nicky did window and soffit washing before starting to get ready for the evening. We were hosting the life group summer social and BBQ. With 10 attendees we managed to fit everybody round the dinning room table which worked really well, and the BBQ (it’s first use of the season) lit OK and cooked well. It was a very nice evening. Back at work the library has been getting back to normal with the schools open again, and Nicky is starting to have people (both borrowers and staff) call in to say goodbye to her as her retirement approaches.

I have done a few on-site jobs and seen a new customer this week. The weather has been largely warm (though cooler than last week) so getting the washing dry has been relatively straight forward. I had a quiet day at home yesterday while Nicky was at work and Scrabbling at Stella’s.

Nicky went off to prison today after church, and I took myself off for a walk along the new-ish cycle and walkway that now runs alongside SH16 over the causeway. I didn’t walk as far as I intended due to getting tired more quickly than I expected, which may have been due to the morning being warm (this afternoon has been hot, reaching 28º again). I also didn’t feel all that safe with lots of cyclists treating it as a race track (it’s a good, flat, wide path) but it was an interesting experience and I had some views I hadn’t see before:





Take care, Rick

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