a day of such busyness that it didn’t all fit in
work was silly busy with one piece of work just finished at the very moment the NZ telecom regulator published an important document i needed to review and summarise for various people. i did manage to pop out for a birthday lunch with Buzz though which was a much needed moment of sanity (relatively) in the day of madness
i left work at 4pm (i got in just after 7am so i did my hours) to meet jane and kezia in Mairangi Bay. jane went off for her cookery (see below) and kezia and i went for a nice walk round the shops and the beach whilst esther was having her tennis lesson.
the three of us then zoomed to mcdonalds, wolfed burgers (not wolf burgers) then went to esther’s school to enrol her in netball for next term
unfortunately this involved buying some netball kit (second hand rather than new thanks to a tip off from another mum) and then joining a massive queue to pay. the queue was so long we didn’t get home until just after 7pm which was coincidentally exactly the time my church band practice started at the church centre, and ten minutes later than Laura the babysitter had been scheduled for (laura was on the doorstep, though her mum was in the car outside. i didn’t think to ask why).
i arrived at band practice a few minutes late, but i wasn’t the latest. and the practice was good
the reason i had to experience the usual hectic domestics (which i’m usually sheltered from at work) was because jane had gone out with her friend Alex to a cookery class in town. they aren’t back and it’s nearly 4 hours after they left …
and it’s pretty hot and humid here. as i drove home at 9pm the car was showing 21degC. very tempting to go and have a quick swim before bedtime.
but i’ve got lots i need to do at work before 9am so i should be to bed so i can get in early.