The weekend was a bank holiday weekend with it being labour day on the Monday, which apparently commemorates the 8 hour working day or something as they say you should have 8 hours work, 8 hours recreation, and 8 hours rest in a day. It was a bank holiday regardless so it meant a long weekend. On the Saturday we headed into Wellington in the morning to pick up these chairs for the kitchen, before dropping them back home and going out to the market in Lower Hutt. After the market we went back home for lunch before I went out with Liza to Mitre 10 to buy some things for the garden. In the evening we went into Lower Hutt to this festival of lights event, going for dinner at this Mexican restaurant beforehand. The event had loads of uv light and entertainment areas which looked really impressive. There was even a firework display when it got dark too and we had front row seats for it, one of the perks of being with someone disabled!
The following day we went out in the garden for much of the day, where we started clearing much of the weeds and undergrowth which were on the bank next to the house. There was a heck of a lot up there and we took a whole car load of it to the dump. Just clearing the undergrowth, as well as cutting back some of the big ferns and other trees which were dead brought a load more light into the garden. In the evening we had a bbq outside on the new fire burner bought for the garden, so I was put on fire duty and showed them how to make a fire. We even had dinner outside before heading back in when it was dark so it was quite a busy days gardening outside.
The Monday was labour day which meant another afternoon out in the garden, where we continued to clear the bank and even got the chainsaw out to remove some of the bigger stuff. When finished it looked really bare but we scattered the area with loads of meadow based seeds so if that establishes it should look nice. On the long term my job is work my way up the bank clearing all the dead stuff which when done should hopefully bring in even more light. We also cleaned both the balcony at the front of the house and deck in the back garden so that required lots of moving things and cleaning things like the pots and furniture. In the end it was another busy day, which was finished off by watching the fireworks in Wellington to celebrate diwali from the balcony.
By Tuesday it was back to school although all our gardening and moving things about over the weekend meant the house was a little messy so I spent the morning making everything a bit more tidier. In the afternoon Joss had conductive after school which meant going over to Naenae again. While he was there were just went and sat by the river for a bit and did a bit of shopping.
The following day was finally a nice enough day for sailing to be on, all be it a little windy. We picked Joss up from school and took him down to the place they do it near Point Howard and he seemed to have a good time as the wind meant they were going really fast! After sailing I pretty much had the afternoon to myself as it was the week Joss goes round his Dad's for dinner on a Wednesday after school before coming home in the evening. I was going to go out for a walk but a greater priority was to get some new walking boots which I managed to hopefully get a good deal for with Kathmandu having 50% of all their boots for members, and I managed to blag a free membership so actually did quite well. I then just headed into Lower Hutt as they've just opened their new h&m store, the first one in Wellington and just the third in NZ since the one in Auckland opened not long after I arrived, so I thought I'd see what the fuss was all about.
On Thursday I had a far more relaxing day which was nice after being on the go so much the previous days. The following day was housework day again and I had a few extra little things to do around the house which kept me busy until lunchtime. After school we only had Jossy until about half 5 before going round his Dad's for the weekend. I just had a relaxing evening when he went though instead of going out which was nice.
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