With Jossy at home most of the weekend we had a busy weekend to keep him happy, heading out to the market at Lower Hutt after breakfast to pick up a few groceries and even have a go at some of the games on offer which was fun. We also headed over to the garden centre to buy a few plants and stuff for the garden which has now become my little project. When getting home after cutting the ridiculously overgrown grass and clearing a large amount of weeds it looked a lot better, although it will take a lot of tlc to get it looking really nice. One of the main issues is Max who likes to dig holes outside!
After spending much of the afternoon in the garden it was nice to chill out in the evening, and as it was election results day if was fascinating watching the results come in! New Zealand have a pretty weird voting system though as when you vote you vote for an individual of a party who you want to represent your area, and also vote for the party you like in general. This means that half of parliament is made up of constituency representatives, and the other half the percentage of votes the party got is the percentage of seats they get. The two main parties National and Labour didn't get a majority, and Green are supporting Labour, so in effect right now the third party New Zealand First is dictating the future of the country by deciding whether or not to go in coalition with National or Labour/Green so it's all very interesting right now.
The following day the clocks went forward an hour which means lighter evenings which is good. We also only had Jossy until lunchtime, so after doing some baking with him we took him outside to watch me chop down some trees. The way the house is positioned means the garden only gets sunlight in the afternoon. I therefore chopped a couple of trees down which blocks the sunlight to allow a bit more light in. There are still a few more to go though but we need a bigger chainsaw! After lunch Jossy went with his Dad to go skiing, not returning until Monday, which gave me some free time so I went for a walk into the East Harbour Regional Park, taking Max with me. We went up towards Lowry Trig although you couldn't see much as it was a little overcast. From there we just headed over to Wainuiomata Hill where you could see down the other of the hill to Wainuiomata itself, before heading to Point Howard and back along the bays. He was a little muddy and tired when returning though!
Jossy didn't return home until after school on the Monday, although it was a horrendous day in terms of weather which meant I couldn't really do much. I didn't really want to sit round all day doing nothing so I therefore headed into Lower Hutt to have a little look round the shops. There's a big shopping centre there which is effectively Wellingtons main shopping area other than the high street in the CBD, so all the big shops are there. After spending a couple of hours there I headed back, the weather still grotty, and spent the afternoon chilling out. You could tell it was bad because the water in the harbour turned brown from all the run off! Joss didn't return until dinner time from skiing, as he had gone to Mount Ruapehu which is near Taupo so quite a way away. He was obviously tired when retuning but he had some great photos which was nice.
It was still horrible on the Tuesday which once again meant I couldn't go very far, although it did clear up by the afternoon. When Joss returned from school we took him over to Naenae to enrol him in this after school thing which encourages him to do exercise. He is going to do that every Tuesday after the school holidays which start next week. Where it takes place was where he used to go to nursery and it is equipped for disabled people with lots of toys and games. We did make him go in his walker though which he hated, but he needs to start using it more as he effectively sits in his wheelchair most of the time which means he's getting heavier by the day.
On Wednesday the weather somewhat improved but Joss's sailing was cancelled last minute because of the weather forecast was strong winds and rain. It couldn't have been more wrong though and it was a calm and sunny day which I took to my advantage to go down the beach in Eastbourne for a couple of hours. Normally on Wednesday sailing dependant I would get much of the day to myself as he goes rounds his Dad's, but his Dad was in Christchurch for work so he came home after school. The following day was another good day although I was reluctant to head into the hills because after all the recent rainfall I knew it would be an absolute swamp. I instead headed round to the marina where I went to the secluded viewpoint of the harbour and chilled out there for a bit.
Friday was a more busy day as Joss had a hospital appointment in the morning with the dietitian. He is now on a strict diet, although I think the main issue is the lack of exercise. After dropping him off at school it was housework day again which meant a top to bottom clean of the house before having a chilled out afternoon. As Joss was round his Dad's for the weekend he only came home for a couple of hours after school before his Dad picked him up. In the evening I popped into Eastbourne down the pub to have a few pints with the locals which has a solid group of people.
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