OUT AND ABOUT

 I'm off to Paraparaumu to have lunch with my aunt today.

I'll then visit the graves at Paraparaumu Beach cemetery and continue on up to Waikanae to visit my sister.

Normally I'd take the train but because my aunt lives a long way from the station and it's 'a camel and a packed lunch' to get from Paraparaumu to Paraparaumu Beach and then on to Waikanae, I'll drive.

I hardly drive the car anymore so this will be a bit of an adventure. Luckily I had the car serviced last week and it has a new WOF and new front tyres. I tried to show these to Richard when he visited but for some reason he showed no interest. "Chacun à son goût" I say.

I have a residents meeting to attend at the Charles Fleming Retirement Village where my sister resides. It's at 3PM which means that I'll be in 'rush hour' traffic when I return. Bummer! The Old Girl has one of her concoctions made for her dinner which gives me an excuse to buy fish and chips for me. Yummy!

(That camel will have eaten the lunch anyway).