DEAR SPOOK, your children had a lovely day with the expensive new toy, which I have bought in lieu of the gear box that is required for our vehicle. That was part of the reason that I couldn't face them with no laptop. Last night was the first time they have been in the house together, with no-one else here, since we got home. When we got on line, they checked out Facebook and found photos and news of friends back in Wanaka. With no sense of sadness, they thoroughly enjoyed a trip back to their old home, and were snuggled up together in the one bed, laughing and joking about things. Up until then, you would have thought that NZ hadn't happened. They have been so busy catching up with here, that they haven't had time to catch up with there. Today they downloaded Maori music and The Black Eyed Peas. There were thoughts about school being back and how their friends were, but not regretfulness. It was the internet that gave them the visual stimulus to start chatting about it. I was feeling sad for their friends in Wanaka who might easily think that they have just forgotten about them.
I am going to The Moorings Hotel tomorrow to enquire about part-time house-keeping work, in order to make a stab at paying for the laptop. The children are happy to eat macaroni cheese until you get home. But I will still need to get that part for the car, as I don't think I can lord it in a landrover for too long - lovely as it was, purring it's way north this morning.
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