it was a lovely clear day today which meant a great view from my new window
but it also meant a cold start – 6 degrees on the way to the bus station this morning and the same temperature coming back from the church meeting this evening
as it was so clear i could see right out to the end of Whangaparaoa and the islands off to the side is Tiritiri Matangi Island where we went to look at birds over christmas.
Just so you can familiarise yourself with the geography, my office is just to the left of where the 4 motorways come together below the word ‘Auckland’. We live near the word Albany. And Whangaparoa is that spit of land off the right at the top (more about that below …)
at lunch time i went searching for a geocaches with a work colleague but we failed to find it. although we did find this rather empty swimming pool. this afternoon some helicopters flew by.
my journey home from work was nearly a disaster though. to beat the system i got a bus which terminates at Whangaparoa and i have to change at Constipation Station However, i was listening to this podcast about the homing instincts of the common garden snail which must have neutralised my own homing instincts as i didn’t get off the bus.
i only realised as we were about to go on to the motorway to be whizzed up to the peninsula. That would have added at least an hour to my journey home. Thankfully the traffic lights turned red just as we got to the slip road and the bus driver took pity on me and let me get off in the fast lane of a busy motorway junction as long as i promised not to get run over (which i did and didn’t). all was safe and i walked back to the bus station, waiting for a bus, and eventually got home in time to go to my church man’s meeting. which was good and manly.
jane had a good day – it was her day without lessons today so she met up with another teacher. and then she went running with another chum this afternoon and it was great and they had a really nice time.
then the girls went to esther’s new secondary school to get her registered and that’s the end of our chully day.