Living here makes you weather concious and probably a weather bore. Today was one of those lovely clear windless days, that enabled us to escape to the south coast; Island Bay. It was welcome relieve after a few shite days of horrible rain and wind. Oh the bloody contrast here from one day to the next.
A relaxing and beautiful trip to the rugged and acessible southern suburb coast. The sort of thing one will miss.
Ben Elton
Last night Sara and I went to The Michael Fowler centre to see Ben Elton, her idea.
I have never seen him live before, and I was not greatly enthusiastic about it beforehand.
Anyway, it just goes to show that one needs to keeep the horizons broad and to try new things.
It was a great night out, very enjoyable and well worth the effort.
Like all good comedians I suppose, he is observant and insightful into the way we all behave and how people tick. He sees what everyone else sees, and projects it into an alternative angle and makes you think-and laugh.
I think he has just done a long UK tour and is doing the NZ and Australia leg now.
Good fun. Try it yourself one day if you get the chance.
Movement
The Knee 2
OK, it is alright, I survived.
I went through that weird feeling of the room disappearing and the liquid goes up the arm, only to reappear in another room, feeling groggy, and wondering what the time is. This time I managed not to talk gibberish.
I understand the meniscus has had a trim, and so hopefully now road to recovery. Sad that no pics of inside to demonstrate, but……
The Knee
Tomorrow is time for the knee to be fixed. Arthroscopy to hopefully fix the meniscus, improve the pain and mobility and go back to normal.
With the clear sky tonight, and a reminder of what it is to look at the stars, maybe I will soon be able to star gaze from the top of mount Kaukau. Of course the walk to the top requires a good knee.
Anyway, in case I have a mishap, it has been nice knowing you all.
Confirmation for Eleanor
Eleanor takes another step in the Church events, with her Confrmation on Saturday. This is out of step in NZ, as it is stage 2 of 3 here, rather than 3 of 3 as in England.
As such she was by far the oldest of the group, but as such the most helpful to the leader of the programme.
To celebrate her and Sara’s fine run, the family went off to Eastbourne for lunch and a walk on the beach. The best weather in over a week made it feasible.
The Runner
Sara gets up early and shows her paces with the crowds in Wellington. The weather has not been great of late, but clod waether does not put off the hardy athlete, who also fights back from pugnaciuos virus.
She did a 10k run in 56 minutes, helped by her new running gear, music pounding in her ears and taking on the family mantle as the old man still has the gammy knee.
Well done Sara, who is now in the groove and looking forward to the next event.
Is it cold…shit yeah!
Art
A recent school mid winter event with bit of food, live music and an auction. Lots of work put in by Sara and other mums as part of the Help Our Kids committee, for that read PTA.
Anyway lots good items and we fell for the art work by Sue Lund, which now hands on a wall displacing one of my photos.
The painting depicts a street in Newtown, Wellington.
Upside Down Football
Call yourself a football fan? In order to continue the masochistic behaviour of watching England play football in the world cup, one has to suffer that bit more down here. Up at 4am today to enjoy the game. Sara stayed in bed but was woken at one point by the expletives emanating from the lounge when Crouch managed to shoot about 10 yards wide when on the 6 yard box, when he tried to score like a flash git instead to just stopping the ball and shooting with time when he just the keeper to worry about.
There were not many other lights on so hopefully neighbours did not hear my tirade.
Here’s to more pain to come, and hopefully at some point -football!