Life as usual

I have emailed off my registration form for the Ultimate Beach Tournament this weekend. I am glad that I'll have another two days after to recover. Not entirely looking forward to running on sand - I went down to the thing on Wellington Anniversary day for a bit and found that running on sand killed my ankles.

Have been productive today. Cleaned and tidied some of the house, although I didn't finish doing my bedroom. Too many books lying around for that. Made an appointment at the dentist for Monday (I wonder how many fillings they'll say I need) and a couple with gyms to have a look around for tomorrow morning. Went down to Ian Galloway park and threw a disc around for a bit with mashugenah, atomicsusan,house_monkey, adrexia and S. S. and House_monkey came up for dinner, which was nice, and then things were done to Jack and Greta so they kinda talk to each other now.

Tomorrow afternoon I am planning to go to the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary and have a wander through. Of the three things kinda on my list to do these holidays (Wilton Bush and the Egyptian exhibit being the other two), this is the one I want to make sure I do the most. It will be good. I'm looking forward to it.

I appear to have left my togs up in Tauranga, unfortunately, as I got a text from Mum telling me this morning. I don't think I'm going to need them anytime soon; regardless, it's still time they got replaced as they're wearing rather thin.

Booked tickets to Christchurch for Easter last week. I shall go down and spend time with thesane and do whatever with her and also spend some time with my brother, who flies up north on the Sunday or Monday, I believe. Or so is the current plan, as I understand it. My brother's plans have gone through several revisions already, so I'll know what's happening closer to the time.

I'm glad I spent a week up with my parents. We went to Matarangi in the Coromandel for the weekend, it being Auckland Anniversary weekend and my parents having a house there, and the most energetic I got was going for two swims in one day. Admittedly, once I get around to getting in the water, particularly surf, I can stay there for hours, but the waves sucked and I don't like having to choose between seaweed touching my feet and good waves. Other than that, I read (mostly books out of the roof which I carted down here), I crossstitched (got inches of my dragon done), I slept, I ate, and watched a couple of DVDs.

After we returned to Tauranga on Monday, we watched the Biggles movie, which I gave to Dad for Christmas. I was expecting it to be really bad, but apart from the plotholes one could fly a Sopwith Camel through, it was really quite fun. While I often see what's happening in books in my head, I rarely see character's faces and to that end, it was quite neat having a different interpretation of it. But why, oh why, couldn't the writers have done something about the two most obvious plotholes: one, Biggles and Algy don't meet Ginger until after WWI and Bertie joins them in WWII and two, if Biggles and the main character are "time twins" and are bound to come to the other's aid when they are in mortal peril, why does this only start happening after Biggles has been on the front for two years! Enjoyed it much more than Sky Captain.

Have a pile of books to update in my catalogue. I'd estimate about a third of my McCaffrey is down here now. As well as all my Elizabeth Moon (Deed of Paksenarrion and prequals only). I don't think I can be bothered just now though.