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busy day for all today.  kezia went off to her school camp for the next couple of day

esther had both her new orchestra and her first trombone lesson so had to take two heavy instrument cases in to school.  she’s a first violin in her orchestra which is excellent, especially as it’s an orchestra for the whole of the middle school and she’s only just arrived.  the trombone lesson was good too and she’s got to learn to do the mouth blowy shape thing

jane had a good day at work too.  people are very impressed by the resources she made last week whilst everyone else was at camp.

and i had one of my busiest days ever at work which made it zoom by which was good.  for the first time in 16 months i felt like i was in the thick of it (i’m sure that feeling will only last a day or two !)

then after work we had drinks as Ruth (in the picture with an empty glass) is leaving her important job at work to go and make jewellery

i walked back from the park and ride bus station (phoning the fish and chip on the way to get some snapper and chips for tea).  And on the way i walked past a car which seemed to be kerb crawling next to an empty field.  it soon became clear he was ‘walking’ his dog which was pooing and sniffing all over the place whilst he drove slowly down the road.  eventually the dog jumped back in the car and off they went.  nice

i feel i should say something about christchurch but it’s all still too sad.  But here’s a light hearted look at look at things (trademe is the new zealand version of ebay)