In completely unrelated news to writing, I'm going to watch the dress rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup - yay!!!!!! The vegan is in the cast, so we get to see the whole thing before the rest of the world, a few days before it takes place. Am very excited. After the weeks of practices, and it being top secret, and the fact I'll be working Sept 9th when the ceremony is on, am so looking forward to watching it at Eden Park. We've got two tickets only, so hoping remaining Kiwi-based son wants to go with me. I can't wait to see the new Eden Park either.
It is starting to get cooler, praise be. There was a heap of rain one day this week, and by the time I got to work I was damp, to put it mildly. Soaked is overstating it but uncomfortably wet. Have you ever tried to dry off your trousers with a hair dryer? I would have been there forever! If only, I thought, I had a spare anything at work, like a skirt even, but no. Nothing to change into. There was only a pair of pantyhose in case I ripped them, although I had stuffed spare socks and boots in my bag so I could have dry feet at work. It is worth noting that the very next day I went to work, I had completely forgotten that thought about spare clothes altogether and did not take spare anything for future weather events. In fact, I only remembered as I was thinking about writing this blog post. Hopeless. Given I’m trying to keep up my walking part-way to work to get in a good 40 minutes/steps, I should take along spare clothes to keep in my locker just in case. It really was uncom...
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