Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Inside A Week

Sunday was quite good.

I wasn't sure whether I would enjoy the family reunion (it's not the loud side of the family), but I did. Even if it started at an unfeasibly early time in the morning. And we had to drive for two hours to get to Morrinsville.

I saw many of my cousins, and it's always good to be reminded how great the people that you are related to are.

Anyway, since then, not much has been going on. Work, sports, and more work. The sport was Ultimate Frisbee, and I'm honestly not very good at it - mostly because I'm chronically unfit. But it was good for me to have a bit of a run around. I'm feeling it a bit today, though.

I've been reading "Blackadder - the whole damn dynasty" at work during lunchtime (I know, I know - I should be getting outside to enjoy the sunshine, but it's a good way to control my spending). It's a great read, I can practically hear the voices of Lord Blackadder, Percy, Baldrick, Queenie, Flasheart and the rest.

Lovely.

Saturday, January 14, 2006

Old Friends

Met up with some friends from a very long time ago last night (that was Friday, just in case you were wondering).

It was Blair's 30th birthday. Blair, who was part of the Collingwood crew from 8 years ago. Blair, who was one of the ones who went to the UK. And Blair, who seriously surprised me by having a birthday party at Galbraith's on Mt Eden Rd when I thought he was still over in London.

It's amazing how many people actually are still around, or who've come back (like me). I did get a couple of great reactions, from people that I haven't seen in 5 years or more. And straight after the reaction, it's into the same conversations - almost like no time has passed at all. It's like Marty said today - you know that they're good friends when you can not see someone for ages, and when you do it's like you saw them yesterday.

People are older. They have more stories. But they aren't really any different.

Today I went shopping (oh I do love getting paid). Found a couple of nice t-shirts at Real Groovy, after trying on way too many that looked awful on me - and of course I couldn't walk out without a music purchase as well. Also I went down to Aotea market, last time I was there I saw this stall with the cutest vest type things - so I got one of those. And lastly, I got a hose and some other garden stuff - which meant of course that I could spend the late afternoon playing in the dirt with plants and water. Hopefully things will grow and not die.

Thursday, January 12, 2006

Thursdays and Cats


So, my cat Honey is missing.

She hasn't been gone long, only a day or so, and I'm not panicking. Honestly.

I'm a new home owner, and a new cat owner - I only got them just after Christmas, I guess about 3 weeks ago. And I already have some very cute photos (including one of Ollie stuck up a tree, which was almost a very good excuse to call the firemen over - an efficient way to meet men, or so I've heard. Maybe Ollie was just trying to help out: "Hey Mum, how about I get up here, and you call some hunky bloke over to get me down - and make sure you get his number!").

I'm a new cat-mum, and I'm probably just being a bit nervous. As Marcus would have said if he was in Auckland: Relax, girl.

I'm not sure I'm in favour of Thursdays, as a general rule. The TV is seriously bad, and how much fun I have really depends on how available and up for it the pals are. But tonight, I got Burgerfuel, and decided not to feel guilty about that. And starting this blog is giving me something to do.

So Thursday is looking up.