The High Life.

So, one flatmate is off at NAAMA and the other is visiting his dad. I had thought that I'd have a very quiet weekend, but ended up visiting assorted relatives in Waikanae with Mum and John.

Some of the highlights:

- Portioning out the cream-covered sponge-cake, a business that took three people: one to cut, one to lift, and one to steady.

- Being a fly on the wall at dinner and listening to older rellies talk about their wilder youths. The time Grandad set a house on fire :-D Mum as a teenager going clubbing :-D The nuns, the box of liqueurs, and the window :-D

- Walking on the beach.

- Just plain hanging out with people I hadn't seen for a long time.