i worked from home today preparing a presentation for next monday. i decided to use prezi.com as an experiment and now feel rather seasick after a day of watching swirling words and pictures. my fault.
now, since i was at home today i got to track jane’s movements ! After walking the kuds to school she went with Debbie from down the road to see the other ladies and have coffee and good chats all morning.
then she came back and she and me (!) went up to the mall to get her a new mobile phone (and get me some fresh air). unfortunately we were just about to pay for it when they asked to see her licence. a phone licence ? whatever next ? turns out they wanted her driving licence and a british one was no good, so we needed her passport instead. we went to the food court on the way back home empty handed.
after school the girls had their violin lessons and esther’s is being fast tracked to another class with another high achiever from her class. so that’s good.
and then we all went back to the mall at around 6pm to get the phone. sadly it took another hour or so to do the form filling and credit checking, during which time we were freed for 30 minutes to go back to the food court for some food, before finally picking up the phone and heading home. yawn
these pictures are the view from my office window – that’s the harbour bridge above which links auckland to the north shore where we live)
anyway, esther phoned her friend who she’s seeing on saturday and it now looks like we’ve sorted a good plan which doesn’t involve esther going to see a film which is rated 15 in the UK, but does involve her going to a Japanese restaurant with her Korean friend’s family which she’s looking forward to. so that’s all good as they say here.
apologies in advance for another late update tomorrow as i’m off to see imogen heap. nope, me neither.
here’s an old UK photo i just found of the queen mum eating a calippo near buckingham palace from the olden days last year.
see yas