He wasn't actually rowing today, but as I am short of a picture, I thought I'd post this one which reminds Finn why he is happy to go home. The rowing club AGM is coming up, with the news that rowing starts in September, 2-3 times a week. Amanda, his coach, thought Finn had great potential and being in Scotland means he wont have to try and hide from her in this small town.
He said he felt home-sick when he looked out the window at school and it was raining. He said he liked the rain, but admitted that it wasn't much fun standing out in it at PE today, in his t-shirt and shorts. The radio presenter on The Breeze, was commenting today on what a harsh winter it has been, and so much wetter than normal.......
And Pete phoned Spook today and said to look up http://www.stuff.co.nz/ . He was very excited as it was reporting that Nessie had been spotted on google earth. Spook looked it up and saw the image of a boat going up the Loch!
There are other signs of us having been here for almost a year, as well as Finn's rowing AGM. The Mitre 10 DIY adverts are back on. It does give us a wee sense of belonging to find old favourites back on TV. Meg has a poster of all the Shortland Street stars and is going to frame it at home, so that we can all remember our friends of Kiwi week nights.
I was gocery shopping in New World today when I overheard some Scottish vowel sounds. I caught the mans eye and we chatted. I said he must be from the Central Belt. He was from Shettleston and I said that I had worked there, but lived in Fort William. He laughed and said that he knew The Fort well, and his sister was a GP. He was Mark Feeney and his sister is our own wonderful GP, Elvire Feeney. He knew Joe Tangney well and is a friend of Davie Austin. I did ponder on the long list of ailments I would be taking straight to Elvire and Joe on my return. I also showed him my Off Beat Bikes t-shirt that I was wearing, which Davie had started up, many moons ago.
Meg went to yoga and then detoured on the way home to drop off a pressie to an American friend. Kerry is a good friend of Shannon's and they lived in the same town. Last Saturday, it was Kerry who poured me the champagne which was her favourite tipple in New York. She showed Meg how putting a little apricot or peach juice in it, made it a Belini. Meg thought it tasted delicious and remembered that there was a Schoc chocolate bar at work that said on it's wrapper that it was the perfect complement to champagne. Meg had nipped into work on her way to yoga and bought a bar, and had Cathy wrap it and write on the label "Thankyou for giving me a taste of New York". Then she had Shannon (who always gives her a lift home from yoga) drive her over to Kerry's to deliver it. This girl knows how to get things done.
grateful for:
a dram and a cosy bed - I am knackered. (but not as knackered as Spook, surely, who is to be at work for 7am, these days, to accomodate the skip lorry driver)
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