Author: dave

i worked from home today as i felt a bit ill (head cold i think). i went back to bed and had 3 hours sleep before the working day began so that was good at least.

both girls had exams and jane had school

i went to the supermarket this evening

so, big earthquake lower down the country which might actually have been four earthquakes at the same time which then triggered a wave of aftershocks across the rest of the country.  we didn’t feel anything although i did wake up at the time it happened so perhaps it was detectable.  quite a few people in auckland did feel it/them.    my colleagues down in wellington weren’t allowed in to their office.

other than that, all had school, revision, work.

i’m meant to be down in wellington for various meetings which, if they all happen, will now run from 10am to 9pm, so in a way i’m hoping they’ll be cancelled even without earthquake aftershocks!

just in case you were worried, we didn’t feel any quakes up in auckland.  poor people down south

http://www.geonet.org.nz/quakes/felt/severe

i got up early to photo the church band while jane and esther went for a walk at long bay

church then this afternoon i went for a walk at long bay while everyone else did home works/revision/school prep

there are lots of military boats parked up just off the coast at the moment.  it’s very exciting

here’s an elderly lady crossing a river

jane did lots of domestics and school marking

esther did studying

kezia did a bit of studying and has gone out for a sleep over with a chum who lives up the road

i went to a church sound set up thing this morning then slept lots this afternoon

more conference for me

kezia had an exam then went to the church hub to help set up for a youth party then helped at the youth party (but hasn’t come back yet)

jane had her last school play which went really well

esther went to the library to study

we woke up this morning to no hot water so i sent a very stroppy email to the boiler people

i finished editing photos at 1.15 this morning was up at 5am for work.  i had to go in to the office early to complete a document for government before spending the rest of the day at a conference

esther spent the day at the library

kezia had an eventful day with a dead bird and the boiler man

jane had another class play which went well and had loads of parents attending

this is how kezia told the rest of us about the dead bird here phone autocorrect got a bit confused

kezia had a maths exam.  esther went to the library

jane had one of her class  plays where parents could come and watch.  loads turned up and it was excellent so that’s good

i had a silly busy day at work and bought a lottery ticket because that’s what everyone else was doing

i’m out photoing tonight

great news.  we have heating again. i had to run the underfloor heating during the day to check it was working and get the air out of the system so it was actually quite warm by the evening and the floor feels warm again (i’ve been going round in bare feet to find the hot spots).

the girls had their stringed instrument auditions for the orchestra

kezia had a music exam which she had been looking forward to

esther went to the university library for studying

i had a really busy day at home as i’ve got three big deadlines this week and i’m at a conference all thursday and friday

jane is still totally snowed under with school work

work, school for me and jane

revision at the uni library for esther

kezia had an exam and then a choir workshop

jane did millions more reports

mandarins are very expensive at 4.79 each (a bit of two pounds)