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Of our two lambs, Dmitri must be about 5 weeks old now, and growing fast. He can also get past any barricade we put up, particularly when he's hungry. DeLorean is about 2 weeks old and still at the easy going tiny stage. But also growing fast. He doesn't latch onto the teat very well, so it can be tricky guiding him gently while fending off the monster who wants both bottles if at all possible.
Bronwyn started her new job last week aa mental health chaplain at Auckland Hospital. After a few months to recover from the concussion, she's also now back working full time. She's on the 8am shift though, so it means leaving very early in order to get through the traffic. She has made many friends on the streets through her previous job, and has had multiple farewell dos to say goodbye to everyone. But she'll still be dropping in at the cafe for breakfast, so they haven't seen the last of her.
We finally have all the cars back on the road again. Bronwyn's new car has been repeatedly showing warning lights, and has been in for tests and checks. They decided to open the engine properly, and fixed a cracked head as well as several other bits. Cost a lot, but we're hoping it's now fixed properly!
Sarah has started Psychology, and is also doing a foundation maths course. It covers several years of maths in about 5 months, so I've been helping her get her head round it as much as possible. She's got permission to postpone Chemistry for a semester so she can focus on the maths. As well as the psychology. Unfortunately I don't know a lot of psychology, so I can't help with that.
Rach brought a boy home. OK, briefly, then we left for the weekend. His name is Sean, and they started chatting over Minecraft. He'd never left Australia before, so we decided to take him to Rotorua because he's also never seen anything remotely volcanic either. Very nice chap. Left us some chocolates and a nice note. He'll be back for a music concert later in the year.
Straight after Rotorua, I was off again for the youthwork conference, and a week or two after that to the national brass band contest. Fortunately both events were in Auckland, which made things easier. We came second in everything at the contest. It's the regionals next month. I appear to be playing a solo with lots of high notes, so I'll need to get practicing. Meanwhile, I'm still teaching an extended family of Burundians how to play trumpet as well as transporting them to a brass band to get a lesson. They can now play a recognisable version of Jingle Bells without my help. That's a big improvement over January when I was fearing for their neighbour's sanity.
Down to ten ducks on the dam now, but they seem to be pretty settled. Seem to have acquired a couple of geese too, and several pukekos. I've put the feed out on a polystyrene raft to give the ducks a fighting chance...
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