dad’s back

it’s been a busy few days for me.  i’ve got plenty to tell you and even a sound file to dazzle you with, but that will have to wait until another day as spare blogging time has been eaten up with box unpacking and paper/cardboard based chaos.  i’ll write the words today and pop the photos in later …

i managed to miss the delivery excitement by being in wellington for work for two days.  it involved a stay in a rather tired hotel, but i got upgraded to a suite so had a fantastic room with a fantastic view

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This was the ‘lounge area’

i went out in the evening to an experimental film festival which sounded a lot better than it was.  in the end it was more like an amateur music concert where the musicians made up for their lack of talent with enthusiasm and long hair.

the finale was an electro-noise jam which was quite something to watch.  i was expecting distorted guitars but we had people playing two clarinets at the same time whilst hitting the body of a guitar with a stick.  you had to be there to believe it, but seeing as you weren’t (or at least i didn’t see you if you were) I recorded it for you:

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i gave a couple of presentations to work colleagues on Thursday which went very well i think, then caught the plane back to auckland.  i then did a geocache by the airport before heading over to the planetarium for a preview show and then a look at jupiter (and it’s moon) down a telescope.  And i also saw the eath’s moon down a telescope which was quite bumpy.  oh yes.

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i finally got home just before midnight, but it was fine as i worked from home today (friday)

however, it was kezia’s bring your dad to school morning, so i just popped in for the first 30 minutes. luckily i managed to slope off just as ‘morning fitness’ was starting.  i was very impressed though – out of the whole class there were only about 3 or 4 dads not represented !

late afternoon (after school and work) we went to long bay for a picnic on the beach.  it’s so close our pizza picnic was still hot as we ate it.  it feels like things are warming up here now which is nice.

today scored 12 out of 10 on the official UV scale which is well in to ‘extreme’ territory.  Kezia’s also been learning about tornadoes and happily informed us that a tornado blew down one of the local churches in the 1990s.  so that’s another thing to add to kezia’s worry list.

anyway, this evening has been spent unpacking boxes, rebuliding things, rewiring plugs and generally making things incredibly messy.  it’s amazing how the contents of the boxes expand when they are released from their packing paper.

right.  bed time.  i promise to slot in some photos over the weekend.  possibly when i get my desk top computer up and running again.

tomorrow promises morning tea with the people who used to live in this house before we did and an art festival in the park which our house backs on to. should be some fun !

see yas all.   dave