Well, we're back ... mostly

The weekend away was great ... wedding was beautiful ... was fantastic to catch up with friends and family (who, curiously, are more my family than my real family) ...

Will write more later ... am currently in advanced work catch-up mode and feeling sorry for myself and seriously deflated about being back in Dunedin (the short break back up north only served to reinforce that Dunedin is not, and never will be, home).

Driving up to Oamaru tonight after work to collect the rugrats. The flatmate was supposed to drive up and get them after work last night and then bring them out to the airport to meet us. At 5.00pm on Friday night, as we were doing the zillion-and-one last minute things one does before going away, he told the MOTH that he was going to be out of town this week.

The MOTH rang my folks over the weekend and asked if they could bring the rugrats down to meet us instead and when we spoke to K on Monday he told us he was excited cos he was meeting us at the airport on Tuesday night. Wires got crossed ... we found out my folks never had any intention of driving them down ... then they didn't want us to go up and get them last night when we got home because it would be too late and "not in the best interests of the children" ... so they missed another day of school and we'll collect them tonight instead ...

Just what I need at this stage in my life ... parental disapproval ...