Breakfast in Bed!

Well, it’s been a while, but I’m finally getting around to doing another update. One of those things that you avoid because it has gotten so massive. Since I’ve only done one real post in the last month and the month has been full of awesomeness, I’m going to miss lots out and touch on just a few things. Also, this will not end up chronological.
Firstly, as the title suggests, Saturday a week ago (15th) I got breakfast in bed. Amy came over and cooked me a fantastic omelette and kumara hash browns. When I tried to get up, I was shooed back to bed to wait, so I lay in bed with my laptop – it’s a hard life. I thought to myself “This is a great time to update your blog” so I attempted to do so. Unfortunately my site was unavailable. I received the following explanation later in the day:

This evening (July 14th) from about 5:25pm-6:55pm many of our servers were offline causing significant downtime for many of our users. The outage was due to a severe power outage in the north end of Orem, Utah where our servers are located. We do have UPS backup as well as diesel generators, but at about 5:30 they finally gave out. The power outage was for much longer than that period of time, but the reserve power was eventually consumed in its entirety. When it rains it pours.

So instead I watched the newest episode of pure pwnage, checked my emails, listened to some music and the conversations in the kitchen and just generally enjoyed not having to get up. 🙂 After we’d eaten, we went and watched Amy’s friend Hannah perform in “No Moa” at the court theatre which was lots of fun.

Also, I finally got rid of my Surf, for quite a lot less than I paid for it, but in the end I was just glad to see it gone. I listed it on trademe, sold it, the buyer didn’t show, did a fixed price offer, sold it, buyer didn’t show, relisted, then withdrew and sold it to someone who was willing to pick it up on Friday of last week. Popped home from work when he wanted to pick it up. Jump started it no problems, but then could not actually get it to move. Appeared to be stuck in Park – no movement when we put it in drive or reverse, and we couldn’t push it in neutral. Somewhat frustrating. Anyway, spent the weekend at Navs camp (next) and returned to find that he had managed to remove it over the weekend which was quite uplifting actually.

Spent the last weekend with the Navs student group in Kaiapoi. Lots of good social times, seminars, speakers and food. Went to seminars on time/self management and looking at a way of analysing movies in the light of our faith. Watched clips from Shrek2, The Incredibles, Crash and The Insiders Guide to Happiness. The main talks were about living our lives in a way that matches up with what we believe and sharing that journey with people. I think the reason I often don’t talk about what I believe is the same reason I don’t talk about my work very often. – Basically because it’s hard to explain and on the surface uninteresting to people who aren’t a part of it. Part of the talks were about talking about our faith and our lives in a way that does make sense and is understandable, because our faith and the good news we have is too important a part of our lives not to talk about.

Have got into a routine of going swimming on Monday evenings at Jellie Park at 7, with at least a few of Mark, Andy, Nick, Hobbs, Amy and Me being there every Monday.
There’s so much good stuff to write about. I’ve spent lots of time with Amy – most of the time we both have spare in fact. And, not scared to say it, I’m very much in Love. 🙂 I’ve received some awesome cards and presents and lots of massages, hugs and kisses – ok, maybe there’s a good reason why I haven’t been updating my blog. That’s right… I’ve been sparing you the details. 😉 We watched our way through the Firefly series at some point, followed by Serenity (movie).  I won’t redescribe the day at Wainui etc. as there is an adequate description easily obtainable… In fact i’ve linked it already.

What else have I been up to – sleepy now, really short version… Went to see Superman, Pirates 2 and Cars (no links today, sorry). Went to Andrea’s 21st – 80’s theme, Amy and Me as the Blues Brothers, a little incestuous really, Rachael Whyte’s 21st – 80’s theme, Went dressed as Billy Joel in Uptown Girl music video (overalls) with Amy as my Uptown Girl. Went to Jeremy and Michelle’s Engagement party, and Matt and Aprils engagement party. – So many parties, so much good food, so bad for me, but yet it all tastes so good. Saw Mark off from work with lunch at the Fox and Ferret, won’t be the same without him. Also, there has been snow, soccer games – wins and losses and undoubtably stuff I shouldn’t be forgetting. I very much enjoyed that stuff at the time but my sleepiness and time have dulled the memories
This weekend Mike Shamy – who was the main speaker at the Student Navs camp will be speaking to the 2 older groups that have been working through the studies we’ve been doing so I’m busy again, and next weekend (From Thursday till Sunday) Amy and me are going up to Hamilton and Auckland to visit my family and various of our other friends and relatives. A bit of a flying visit which I am very much looking forward too!