Happy Barker.

There are no pictures today because it was raining. Not very inspiring at all and we are not used to it. It did clear up eventually but stayed cold. Meg and I went for a run with Anne and her older son, Elliot, (who put on a big pace when he saw Meg was there, iether to impress her or to get away from her because she was a GIRL). Meg ran ahead of Anne and I and Elliot ran ahead of her, which was all fine as Anne and I just blethered and Meg ran well because she wasn't blethering. When it came to the return journey, we let the Anne and Elliot run on and we enjoyed the time to talk and catch up on the day. It was dark when we got home, but Meg was inspired to plan to go out earlier in the day on her own and see how well she could keep running.
My 4 hours of work today became none as Mary couldn't find the keys. So she put it off until next week when she will hopefully have resovled that problem. I tried not to wind her up about job offers from window cleaners. But I did spend a very pleasant morning lost in the great stories of the pioneer women. In fact, my favourite, happy story was by Lady Barker - a coincidence, as it was the big house on Mount Barker that I was supposed to be cleaning today. Lady Barker's ghost must have stolen the keys so that I could sit down and be entertained by her writing. Has to be noted that the experiences of those wealthy women were far more fun than that of the poorer. I am not making comparisons with modern times - honest.
Finn had rugby training and Meg was being saved by the Kahu Youth Group while I abandoned her to a good book. Spook is nearly off work for 2 weeks now, but still has to go in tomorrow for some time in the morning so I am going to catch up with Maggie and Mike and perhaps have a quick game of tennis if it is not raining.