The weather forecast was great for the weekend and we were originally going go make the most of this and go out with Jossy but Liz was under strict instructions to rest her leg to help it heal so we couldn't go very far. To ensure this was the case me and Liza took Joss out to the market in Lower Hutt to allow her to rest, before coming home to pick up Max where we took him down the beach which he liked while we sat and a couple of drinks in the pub. We were out for a fair amount of time in the end and even bought some fireworks on the way home. In the evening we were originally going to go out to this reggae thing in Wellington before watching the fireworks in the evening although there were very high winds and Joss threw a tantrum to not go so we didn't go in the end. We could still see the fireworks from the balcony though. Apparently it's the last year they're having bonfire night in New Zealand though because they say Guy Fawkes is nothing to do with the country and should instead have fireworks to celebrate Matariki which is the Maori new year. It's seems a bit stupid though considering Maori are just 25% of the population and many white people here are of British descent.
The following day was another nice day, although Joss wasn't feeling very well so we decided to do a bit more work out in the garden, chopping up all the wood we brought down to make a wood pile. This cleared lots of space in the garden and we were able to plant some more strawberries, this time with a netting over the top as Max dug up the last load. I also filled in many of the holes round the garden he's dug so we'll see how long that stays like that. It looked a lot tidier when we were finished. When we came in we did a bit of cooking where Liza taught me how to falafels. We had a bbq as well for dinner which was nice. By bedtime Joss had a really bad cough though and really wasn't well so fingers crossed that doesn't get spread around!
On Monday we couldn't send Joss to school as he was unwell, so this meant a day at home with him. He was also originally meant to have a hospital appointment too but was too unwell for that too. By the end of the day he was a little bit better, and we still had a good day making some cookies and playing out in the garden as it was a nice day. The following day he went back to school, although I couldn't go very far during the day just in case he was sent home. Luckily he wasn't although it was nice to relax after quite a full on previous few days! We did have a hospital appointment with the guy Joss goes to conductive with after school though.
Wednesday was meant to be sailing although that was cancelled due to the weather, with it deemed too windy. With respect it was pretty bad as I found out when walking Max as I could barely put one foot in front of another and the waves were crashing into the road which made it pretty sketchy. As sailing was cancelled I decided to head into Lower Hutt, as I needed to go to the post office and the bank to sort out a couple of things. I also went into the library which I hadn't visited yet, with it being much bigger than the one in Eastbourne. Under normal circumstances Joss would go round his Dad's for dinner on a Wednesday although he couldn't this week which meant I had to be home for after school. He was happy about that although his illness had spread to Liz and Liza who were both pretty ill, with Joss not 100% still himself.
On Thursday I took Max out for a long walk in the woods behind the house, finding a few geocaches in the process. He seemed to like it and it's quite a good workout for me too climbing the hill onto the ridge! The following day was housework day once again which kept me nice and busy. When Joss got home from school we thought we only had him for a couple of hours before his Dad picked him up for the weekend. This wasn't the case however as he didn't turn up, which we didn't think much of it to start with as he is bad at communication and the time he picks him up varies every week. When after a couple of hours he still hadn't turned up and wasn't answering his phone we started to get a little worried, so gave Joss his dinner. We knew something had to be up as he is always really good with Joss, so me and Liz ended up going round his house where there was no sign of him. In the end Liza came home as we didn't know what to do, and was not happy with his Dad so we put Joss to bed. In the end he messaged us saying that he wanted to swap weekends, something apparently Liza hadn't agreed to, so it was all very confusing.
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