It's hot and I'm happy when lunchtime comes and I have a free afternoon where I can catch up. Stock markets around the world are taking a hit as the coronavirus spreads. Talk here centres on our education and tourism sectors, both of which have significant Chinese input. I'm catching up on classroom work and organising resources for a PPTA meeting which I'm running tomorrow. This centres on money too. We don't want to pay for professional development which we haven't asked for and which originated in an election promise made by Labour.
At the site, there's a guy from NK Windows installing the frames. He's Ukranian. Says, "Your parents immigrated here too." He's sort of right. My mother is fourth generation on her mother's side. My great great grandmother from London was Jewish and married a Gentile. They sailed to New Zealand in the 1860's and Eliza had her first baby on the ship. She went on to have 11 more.
Parking space is tight and I take the liberty of parking up the tennis court driveway. These neighbours are fine with me parking across the driveway as they don't use it much. But my south side neighbour sees me and tells me he'll have me towed. The last time he talked to me he made the threat of painting over a tidy up job I was doing on the fence after he had splashed paint over my side. V different colour. Suffice to say, we're not on talking terms. He's also stung Kevin, the demo guy, $1600 for a mark on his decking when a piece of roofing iron hit it while my old house was being demolished. Hmmmm.
I swim off the juju's then check in with Fiona. She's dealing with a terminally ill parent and has life in perspective. She also has a fridge full of eggs from her chickens. Good on ya, Fi.
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