Suzzie caught me out relaxing

It was going to be "one of those days"

My sore knee (the one I damaged 30 years ago parachuting and more recently re-damaged on a mountain hike) woke me up early. Add to that the thought of working a stressful 10 hour day and I was in need of a good relaxing coffee at McDonalds Ellerslie before work. The day went south very quickly, but I had planned for it and that hour relaxing got me in a good frame of mind for the shit that was about to happen.

Suzzie just happened by McDonalds at the same time I was there. If anyone sees me around, don't be shy, say "Hi", I don't bite - promise, and if you see me on my device, I'm just reading the daily news and happy to put it down for a fun chat.

Okay, a fun fact, my oldest daughter has moved in temporarily and brought ALL her clothes AND said we could wear them, so....

During the week, I had dinner out a Sylvia Park.

I also visited Newmarket shopping center and grabbed some groceries earlier in the week

I know, very much the same as the other dress, daughter probably got a buy one get one half price or something, but the material feels really nice and I love how snug they are around my chest.

Oh, I also had brunch in Pukekohe the other day.

Ummm... time to check her wardrobe again to see what else I can wear out 😀

Beer & burger

 I'm not really into those flash restaurants, just a good beer and burger is enough for me.

I really wanted another excuse to wear my stocking (Kmart silky sheer stay up for $7), I just love the feel. It's funny that men think you wear a certain thing to influence a man into certain action, but really women wear stuff to suit themselves most often.

 

Been house sitting in Wellington

It's been 5 days of relaxing and touring with the wife while in Wellington looking after a house with dogs.

It was a much needed break from the mundane grind (re plastered a basement wall since getting back to Auckland, it was stripped to fit a waterproof membrane on the retaining wall behind it).

I did manage to get a bit of shopping done and after returning I even managed a dinner with Jan.

Excuse the photos, phone camera was playing up 

Looks like this is my new normal

Go to work, go home, sleep, go to work, go home ..repeat

The only break, is when I get half an hour for coffee or shopping (I really do need new clothes) or an hour for dinner.

I take that back, I've joined a gym and done 3 sessions so far, regaining quite a bit of strength after Covid and I do manage to get quite a bit of time for sailing

Doppleganger

Had a busy week and over the weekend rebuilt a friends shed. After a early Sunday coffee I headed to Mitre 10 for some wood trim to finish the rebuild.

On Monday, I had to pick up meds from the chemist and as I walked in, an attractive woman was a few seconds in front of me. As we entered, we put our masks on as it's still a thing here. I followed her to the counter where she started a discussion with a sales assistant. She then moved away from the counter when the sales lady back was turned, and when the SA turned back around, she continued her discussion with me while I was still a bit away until she realized her client had moved to the other side of the counter.

I started looking at the woman and realized how much her hair was like mine, her eyes and eyebrows the same, we were even standing with the same pose. While she had a long dark purple dress, I had a black skirt and brownish top but we looked like we could have been twin sisters.