Sick day

Woke up late, whole body in pain, following 2 of my trans friends down that "flu" path, least it can't be "man flu".

10 am Coffee and muffin

You know it's a bad day when you have to wipe your nose 20 seconds after putting foundation on.


















Just enough time for coffee before my nose kicks off again so it's a race home and back to bed for 2 hours.

Lunch time, first stop the library to return a programming book, then off for Burger King (Hungry Jacks for you Aussies) "Hawaiian Burger". The nice staff at the shopping mall food court took this photo for you girls, sorry the background looks empty, there were some loud boys near the Indian food outlet and about 18 other elderly and families down the quieter side.

 After lunch I managed to get another hour and a bit of sleep before picking up my youngest daughter (16) and taking her for driving lessons. She enjoyed it until I made her drive back home where traffic was quite a bit heavier.

Building renovations

Our double garage / laundry refit is progressing nicely.
It was a nice functional area, but needed extra work to become a "habitable space" - ie, bedrooms
In the mean time our laundry is outside on the deck.

Luckily, rather than stressing me, this is the wife's project and she is okay with the progress.

Me, I need girl time to relax, although now it's cool in the night, I end up having a cat and a dog sleeping on me, while I stay awake trying to kick the buggers off me.
So half asleep, I do a few hardware pickups and then had brunch at Columbus Coffee with my girlfriend

 

Brunch for me was a nice sausage roll and coffee while JJ had pancake breakfast.
During our walk around Sylvia Park shops, we stopped and tried on some stuff at H&M. She bought a new dress for work while I tried on a beautiful blue top. I'm trying to save money for a trip to Australia and had to focus on that.

 

Long weekend

While I've managed to steal only an hour or two in the mornings for myself, ie coffee out, it's not been a bad weekend.

Sunday, wife and I did a little road trip to Cambridge, but on the way stopped at a closer town called Te Kauwhata. I've seen a few pretty towns in New Zealand and this one only 50 minutes out of Auckland is now in my top 10. It's a quaint little main road within a minutes walk from the rail tracks (god knows why there isn't an Auckland rail service here), with  modern houses tucked away in the little valleys within walking distance to the main shops. Wife also found a new tree to plant at a large garden center on the way to Cambridge.
While it's one of our coldest days in the last 6 months, we still managed to have ice cream once we made it to Cambridge.

Today I have to remove all the internal walls and floor coverings from my bedrooms so that a special waterproof coating can be applied by a licensed tradesman. The council requires certain certification which means my handyman solutions (because I can read instructions, but haven't done the manufactures course) doesn't cut it.