Blogging from the Bach.

Sitting in my PJ’s (which I’ve only just put on – nobody wears PJ’s in bed – do they?), at about 9am, in a huge bach with lake Rotorua at the end of the garden about 15m away. Eric was last seen leaving the bedroom at 6am to go fishing from the end of the jetty (also at the end of the garden) and hasn’t been seen since. There is no fishing stuff at the end of the jetty so I am assuming he hasn’t fallen in but gone off to fish elsewhere. Mandy (Scott-Mackie) had rented this bach which sleeps 11, for the weekend at the end of the school hols and invited us for the duration/day/bit of the weekend. We came yesterday and are going home this afternoon. The weather has been absolutely diabolical – for weeks now – but today is actually settled and dry (it won’t last). It showered heavily yesterday but the girls (there were 5 of them), went out in the kayaks that are here. By the time they came back it was hailing heavily and they looked a picture carrying kayaks up the jetty, absolutely soaked moving very fast as the hale was stinging them!!!! As well as the 5 SM’s, Hannah had 2 friends here, Mandy had a girlfriend and she had a friend, also Olivers mate Dylan was here. A friend of Fe’s phoned to say was she at home as he was going to pop in and he ended up coming here and staying overnight as well. I think that made 13 of us (Victoria went home yesterday). When Eric gets together with the SM boys it is hilarious and we had a very pleasant evening. 3 roast chickens, huge amounts of asparagus (in season at the moments) broccoli and jacket potatoes followed by a huge rice pudding, large amounts of wine, crisps, nuts, chocolate etc makes for a happy bunch of people.

Eric and I were childless for a few days last week. Juliet and Kev came down for the weekend in the middle of the hols. Juliet was going to stay on as we were stuck for babysitting Monday/Tuesday. In the end plans changed and she took the girls back to her place, leaving us childless. We planned an early movie then supper on the Monday evening as we were both in Hamilton at 5pm. We couldn’t find anything that appealed moviewise so opted for an early supper. On collecting Eric from Uni we decided we weren’t hungry! How about a muffin and big latte in Fran’s (Cambridge) on the way home. Fine. Err No. Fran’s, and every other coffee shop, was closed at 5.30pm (don’t you just Love New Zealand!!). So it was pop in and say Hi to Richard and Robyn on the way into Matamata to get fish’n’chips and watch a DVD in bed (how wonderfully decadent!).

Must go and start breakfast. BBQ sausage, eggs, bacon, leftover potatoes, mushrooms, eggs and microwaved baked beans. Still no sign of Eric.