Second Week Back and Labour Weekend

Covid is disrupting life up north but it's business as usual in Otautahi. I listen to the stats and the case numbers are relatively stable although there's an upward trend. Meanwhile the vaccination push is on and I'm waiting, hoping I will get to 8 weeks  for or longer before my second jab.

With the end of the year upon us, school picks up pace. Corinne and I go to a performance at the Arts Centre and on Saturday I go to a double birthday party where I eat chocolate and flake out. It's Sue's neighbours and I end up having to lie down and wait it out. Not my best effort and takes me back to early partying over dose episodes. Not that I had too many of those, but the woozy out of it feeling blind sides my body and brain and I try to sleep it off. I wait for Bertie, who is supposed to be picking me up to go to another party, to arrive. He's lost his phone and I've Facebook messaged him with the address but he can't find me. He drives up and down Holly Rd then goes to borrow a phone from Anjie and Greig. We go home and I sit up and drink tea in an effort to come right. The body stone wears off enough for me to get back in the car and I arrive at Jacqui and Brent's a bit worse for wear. Lesson- check dose before consuming. Sunday is a slow day. Till Marie's BBQ where I eat a lot. Minimal drinks.

It's Labour weekend and I've got Monday to recover. Tuesday the curtains for the spare room arrive. They make the spare room feel like a room. They frame the window and provide privacy. On Wednesday my Year 13 girls from last year come to visit. Rosanna, Caitlin and Charlotte are so sweet, now nearly finished their first year at tertiary . These girls were so quiet in class but somehow we bonded. Them and kids like them are why I stay in teaching. They visited the house during the build and we prebook a revisit. I'm going to have to get a few more jobs done...unpacking and the toilet seat in the main bathroom. It's dragging. On Thursday I nearly tick off another job, tiles for the ensuite splash back. But there's a choice of gloss or matt so I take both back to double check. Matt it is. I drop in on Sharyn. Her family is helping out and I check the decor: super bright greens, sunglasses the order of the day. Sharyn loves it. Not sure I could live with it.