Rained buckets early hours Tuesday morning. The weather had been so good to us over the long weekend, so awaking to the din of pitter-patter on steroids was a little disappointing.
By the time I was ready for work, the cloud had lifted so the early morning sun light could reveal how nature had spruced itself up, ready for another day, as clean and fresh as the suits heading off to their filing cabinets.
(Filing cabinets are what Wellingtonians call the city office blocks)
I still do not own an umbrella. I fear that as soon as I invest in a brolly I will need to use it. A little like a Murphy’s Law, so I am hanging in there, but I sense this one will nip me on the backside; probably on a morning when I am late have a customer facing meeting first up and it is the first time I am meeting this customer. Now that would be Murphy!
So a week that appeared to be uneventful, got off to just that kind of start. Tuesday came and went, as did Wednesday. Nothing much to write home about. Thursday rolled along, pay day!
The budget looks OK, then again looks OK and what is left in the end are two very different things. I am encouraged though and we are very quickly making progress on the financial front. The projections suggest we should be in the black, month-on-month, by end May! I am particularly happy about that, even though we still have nought to sit on the lounge. I am considering hiring two sofas from a company that supplies furniture for show houses. Just hate to drop cash into something we will not own.
Should have known the day was going to hold something special when we were treated to a spectacular sunset over the South Island on the train journey home.
Des presented her offer of employment for the coffee shop, that’s two days a week, to compliment her activities with Home Comfort. She also has two new opportunities on her Home Comfort portfolio, so she is flying.
Travis produced a letter from the Horowhenua-Kapiti Cricket Association. He has been selected to the second stage of the Districts under 17 Representative Cricket Team. Winter training will whittle the numbers down to what is required for the coming seasons league.
Four, two hour indoor training sessions are scheduled, commencing in July, with the season kicking off towards October. Travis is only turning 15 at the end May, so he can be proud, especially considering he is a medium fast bowler.
History is littered with young boys making their mark with the bat, while those taking the new ball? He has found heaps of away swing here, which is really encouraging, though he needs to learn how to use and control it. Also, they have been playing on artificial pitches, concrete with a mat. The ball really bounces on these things, which negates a lot within his arsenal. Away ducker, just short of length, beats the bat but goes over the to of the stumps. Pitch it up a little and the batsman is driving.
Representative cricket is played on cricket pitches, so I expect to see him develop a few more attacking skills with the ball, given he won’t get quite the bounce on the grass tops. I look forward to it!
Popped down to see Travis at rugby practice. I was impressed with the quality of coaching and noted that he could catch and pass a rugby ball. HOWEVER! We will need to do some work on his tackling. I said to Travis ”You are tackling with your hands. Tackle with your shoulder!” He seemed a little unsure of what I meant, so I explained thus: “You are tackling like Percy Montgomery! Tackle like de Wet Barry or Tana Umaga”
On that note, the train arrives at Wellington station, so let Friday begin! If it is half as good as the days preceding it, “sweet as!”