This evening I have to go into Hamilton for the last of these Pinnacle evening meetings and as I seem to have accrued so many hours owing lately I have worked a short day. Hence me blogging at 4.30pm. Have just read Carol's huge blog. Her entries are rare these days and it is nice when one feels one has caught up with her life.
The girls are currently watching a video and Eric is pulling down some plasterboard in the kitchen, having decided that that bit needs hardboard instead. He had an interview yesterday for a Court Support Officer but it sounds a bit boring. If he gets it he will have to balance all that up with whether he will be able to get some good networking in. The job he is currently doing is boring but local, part-time, reasonably well paid and he doesn't have to use his own car for work. Just boring and nothing to do with law!! The interview turned out to be on one of the rare days I have appointments during the gilrs holiday. Thank heavens for Bridget and days off. She was in Hamilton and Eric delivered the girls to her befrore his interview. They went shopping and came home with goodies from birthday monies.
As I sit in my office, well a corner of Harri's bedroom, I look out on Claire and Ian's paddocks. Today we have had sunshine, hail, rain, thunder and lightening. Now we have that late winter afternoon overcast sunshine. The ground is soaked from the millions of inches of rain that have fallen over the last 2 months. Consequently I have got no work done in the veg plot. I cleared the maize patch and planned to plant lupin as a green manure but haven't managed it.
I went into Hamilton yetserday to do a clinical assessment. The nurse did not do her vaccinator training course in Hamilton and I am quite concerned at the basic things were not covered on her course. Consequently what should have taken me 1 1/2 hours took nearly 3 (again!). This all meant I had to negotiate rush hour traffic to get home! I thought that this would at least get me out of cooking supper but no. Eric was curled up on the sofa reading!!! He's terrible when he gets stuck in a book, and now he is stuck in a series - the Sharpe books. I think there are 13 of them!! I made pumpkin pasta. Sounds Yuk but was surprisingly tasty and definately something I would cook again. Needless to say Alice didn't like it!! I have come to the conclusion we overeat!! Carol stop choking on your tea. Bridget eats miniscule portions AND doesn't eat chocolate. She is obviously very traumatised by recent events. Who doesn't eat chocolate? I ask you! We then had a game of Pictionary (well A, H, B and I did, Eric read). Alice played very well but by now it was well after 9pm and she was very tired and started to get cross with me when I could not decipher her pieces of art. Threads of her fathers traits coming through.
I arranged Alice's birthday pressie yesterday. Can't say more in case 'the gifted one' reads this and lets the cat out the bag - she is SOOO good at that.
This weekend it's Christmas. Well it is for us. As we now have Xmas in summer we have a 'proper' Xmas meal in the winter. Have done this every winter since we arrived with Juliet and Kev. and they have been brilliant. Their house this time. We are up there from Friday and will eat Sat afternoon. Duck this year from the recent duck shooting season, compliments of Ian (J and K's neighbour). Log fire, Xmas carols, games and lots of booze - perfect. Unfortunately it has coincided with them having French Tahitian students but they are girls only the same age as our so hopefully they will all occupy each other.
Nil else to report. Good to hear things are better Lu. Chin up.
Love to all
Michelle
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