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Posted on Mon 24 March 2008 at 10:55

The girl is back and now watching a DVD as I wanted to watch one last night and now we can’t seem to get the TV back on……..damn technology!!

(EDIT:  a judiciously placed phone call sorted out the DVD/TV problem nicely........thank you for that!)

I worked every day she was away apart from today.  And today was glorious, so I was glad to be off.   Although we are technically in Autumn, it was a beautiful day.  I went down to the bridge in Whitby, where the inlet comes round and sat on the grass there for a while.  Not quite the beach but still the sea and slightly closer than any of the beaches.  Again though, I sat there and felt at peace with the world:  I just wish I had taken the camera so you could all see how bloody stunning it is round here.  It’s gorgeous the way the hills fold in ripples like a piece of silk haphazardly thrown down. And the way the houses on the inlet are perched willy-nilly on the hills.  Melissa takes umbrage at the untidyness of the communities here but I like the way that houses just seem to be strewn about rather than in nice neat little rows with handkerchief gardens in perfect symmetry.  It brings a deep contentment to my soul to live here.  I won’t willingly move away from here.  And as the house is sold and I can make my own choices, I don’t see a move back to Britain ever happening.  Once my year’s lease is up in this house, I would prefer to move to Papakowhai (about 2-3k down the road) as it is closer to work and more convenient for school but I’m not going to worry about that yet.  I’m going to enjoy the next few months then start looking for somewhere else in October/November.  There is the chance that the owners of this house will choose to stay in Australia and I may be able to prolong my lease but I’ll cross that one when I come to it.

I saw a man rescue a child that had gone out too far into the deep water channel.  No big drama – he just raced along the water’s edge, then charged through the shallows until he was only about 10 foot from the kid.  It must shelve steeply at that point as he wasn’t far off at all.  But there must be some current there as he seemed to be there for ages until someone else gave him a hand.  No-one even seemed to come and claim the child (seemed to be about 10 or so), so goodness knows what kind of parental control was going on there.  But all’s well that ends well.

Scottie has taken in her first lizard – well, the first one that I am aware of anyway!!  Lord knows what I will find when I move from here:  a strong possibility that there will be little corpses under all the kitchen appliances………ugh!! 

She took it into the bathroom and it did that little sinuous wiggle that they do so well and promptly hid beneath the door.  It was pretty funny watching the cat trying to extract it from either side but not being able to do so until she nudged the door a bit.  I took pity and rescued it, much to Scottie’s disgust.  Sulked for days she did!

I went up to Jac & Adies the other night and I love their new house.  Thank you for inviting me people and really good to catch up with you again.  I feel a house-warming coming on!!

The Cup Diaries: entry 3

Denis decided he had better get a holiday job, so asked the chaps at the Zorb in Rotorua if they could find him anything.  He got on really well with the team as you can see!!

Lisa and Melissa enjoyed the Zorb thoughoughly as did Shane - to the degree he went 3 times and managed to blag the last one free........as the chap who took him up the hill in the van has Scottish roots.........say no more mate!

However, Dennis felt a bit seasick and didn't think it was the job for him........he fancied something a bit wilder....

Tune in for the next enthralling episode of the cup diaries.........whew.....cliffhanger ending or what!!!!