Life keeps moving. I’ve been to work for another week and a couple of weekends have passed. It never actually seems like that long between updates. The first weekend out of the two was Rachel’s 21st which was spent up in the Porter’s/Arthur’s pass region at a lodge. Merodie, Mike and Me went for a walk up Temple Basin and did some scree running while we were up there. Lots of fun. I still don’t like heights and sharp ridges though. Fantastic bbq dinner and cooked breakfast too. My plans to bike back were scuttled by the weather forecast, which resulted in me leaving my bike in Christchurch. Turns out the weather would have been perfect. However, after the 3-4 hour walk on the Saturday I wasn’t too disappointed.
On Monday was my Mum’s birthday, Happy Birthday! Then on Wednesday we went out for tea to celebrate Anna’s birthday which was on Tuesday. It appears to be a birthday week. We also went out and played some pool afterwards, which was great once I found some form. On Friday night we went to see Walk the Line. I want to see it again! I thought it was great and came home and listened to Johnny Cash. Then on Saturday evening, a group of us went bowling and then watched Maverick. Then last night we watched Stickmen. I went to church in the morning and then church lunch, which I eventually returned from around 3pm.
Acquisitions since last post. There have been a few. New shoes! Finally. The old ones had almost fallen apart. More new shoes… with clips on the bottom and some pedals for my bike for them to attach to. So much more power! I tried them out on Wednesday before we went out for dinner. Average speed just under 30 for 21km with some crazy head winds and hail (and a bit of tailwind too). Also traded in a bunch of my PS2 games on Saturday because EB games had a promotion and ended up with Pro Evolution Soccer 5 and pre-orders for the next Buzz and the next Singstar.
Anecdote of the week. Was late for a meeting coming back to work on Friday, came round a corner a little fast in my car and watched my registration labels fly out of the pocket, across the dash and out the open drivers-side window. I went back, witnessed one being run over and picked them up. Then drove onto work. Went to put them back in the pocket a couple of days later… I still had the 2 expired ones which had been behind the current one, but I possibly should have checked that I had the current one when I was picking them up… Because I didn’t. Anyway, I went and got a new one printed today, so all is well. Except that I noticed that it expires in less than a month anyway. :p
I’ve probably missed stuff. I’ll leave you with this startling fact. Wait for it… I tidied my room this evening! So much floorspace. Here is a shot with my webcam that doesn’t show much except that webcams don’t like low light and that I look silly. The significant part is that you can see floor in this image.
