A lot of people around here have problems with work-life balance. I currently have an issue with my sport-life balance. Not for much longer though! This weekend is the Dragon-boating regatta, so next week I reclaim an extra two evenings a week. I am looking forward to this ( Read more... )

I have arrived back in Wellington. My car is.....um....special. Unfortunately I need to use it in the next couple of days so hopefully it will be okay and driving it won't cause any extra damage to it. Hopefully it will get fixed on Tuesday too. *fingers crossed ( Read more... )

You know it's warm when a waitress spills a glass of iced water on you and you don't mind. By the time we finished lunch I was already dry.

Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.

Well around this time of the year (okay so a little bit later) people usually decide to join the gym. Today I left mine ( Read more... )

The journey feels like you are plodding along, moving slowly, dragging feet..... Then you realise where you are! How'd I get here? Where did the time go?

I have been invited to do the Tongariro crossing in late February. Must buy tramping boots before then.

The Christmas spirit has got me early this year. I see Christmas stuff up and go 'Hell no! It's not Christmas it is only November'. But this morning they got me. I went to Starbucks to get a Caramel Marchiato - I only get one every couple of months so they are still a special treat - and Starbucks had their Christmas cups and the Christmas Lattes ( Read more... )

Dedicated to Sarah Palin, the "Oasis" music video. From the new album "Who Killed Amanda Palmer"

Just got back from a weekend away. I went to Auckland and saw The Phantom of the Opera which was amazing.

They need to come up with an appropriate test of 'Well enough to go to work' and 'Not well enough to go to work ( Read more... )